List of Lutheran denominations

Lutheran denominations are Protestant church bodies that identify, to a greater or lesser extent, with the theology of Martin Luther and with the writings contained in the Book of Concord. Most Lutheran denominations are affiliated with one or more regional, national, or international associations, the largest of which—the Lutheran World Federation—has over 74 million members worldwide.^[1] There are also two smaller and more conservative international associations—the International Lutheran Council, with 7.15 million members,^[2] and the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, with approximately 500,000 members. Finally, the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum (Global Forum) is a global gathering of Confessional Lutheran bodies who wish to emphasize missional discipleship as the focal point of ministry in the world.

This list is grouped by affiliation with the four major international Lutheran associations mentioned above. This list does not include groups that have been merged into other groups (e.g. Hauge Synod) nor groups that have become defunct (e.g. Eielsen Synod). Some of the denominations belong to more than one of the four associations.

Lutheran World Federation

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is the largest association of national and regional Lutheran church bodies in the world. Founded in 1947 by 47 church bodies from 26 countries,^[3] the LWF has grown to include 145 church bodies in 98 countries.^[1]

Country	Church body	Year founded	Members[A]	Ref
Angola	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola	--	49,500	[4]
Argentina	Evangelical Church of the River Plate[B]	c. 1965	27,500	[5][6]
Argentina	United Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	11,000	[5]
Australia	Lutheran Church of Australia[C][D]	1966	48,760	[7][8]
Austria	Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria	--	302,875	[9]
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Lutheran Church	--	6,000	[10]
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	10,000	[10]
Bolivia	Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church	1972	14,000	[11][12]
Botswana	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana	--	18,800	[13]
Brazil	Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil	1949	671,389	[14][15]
Cameroon	Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Cameroon	1969	157,276	[16][17]
Cameroon	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon	--	350,000	[16]
Canada	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada	1986	114,431	[18]
Central African Republic	Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic	--	120,000	[19]
Chile	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile	1906	3,000	[20][21]
Chile	Lutheran Church in Chile	1975	1,976	[20][22]
Colombia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia	--	1,701	[23]
Costa Rica	Lutheran Costa Rican Church	1988	500	[24][25]
Croatia	Evangelical Church in the Republic of Croatia	--	3,329	[26]
Czech Republic	Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren	1918	78,299	[27][28]
Czech Republic	Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession	--	16,000	[27]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo	c. 1960	122,055	[29][30]
Denmark	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark	1536	4,276,271	[31][32][33]
El Salvador	Salvadoran Lutheran Church	--	20,000	[34]
Eritrea	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea	--	11,000	[35]
Estonia	Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church	1917	180,000	[36][37]
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus[E]	1959	8,310,129	[38][39][40]
Finland	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland	1809	3,625,007	[41][42][43]
France	Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine[B]	2006	250,000	[44][45]
France	Malagasy Protestant Church in France[B]	--	10,000	[44]
France	United Protestant Church of France[B]	2012	330,000	[44][46]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden	1850	2,906	[47][48]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria[F]	--	2,456,140	[47]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick[F]	--	341,919	[47][49]
Germany	Evangelical Church in Central Germany[F]	2009	766,416	[47][50]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover[F]	--	2,714,781	[47]
Germany	Church of Lippe (Lutheran section)[F]	1888	28,000	[47][51]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany[F]	2012	2,063,904	[47][52]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg[F]	--	423,756	[47]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony[F]	--	701,008	[47][53]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe[F]	--	54,159	[47]
Germany	Evangelical Church in Württemberg[F]	--	2,054,505	[47][54]
Ghana	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana[D]	1958	29,000	[55][56]
Guatemala	Guatemala Lutheran Church	--	300	[57]
Guyana	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana	--	16,153	[58]
Honduras	Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras	--	1,700	[59]
Hong Kong	Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church	--	2,201	[60]
Hong Kong	Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod	--	13,500	[60]
Hong Kong	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong	1954	18,351	[60][61]
Hong Kong	Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong	--	11,278	[60]
Hungary	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary	--	179,618	[62]
Iceland	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland	--	227,266	[63]
India	Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church[G]	--	4,50,000	[64]
India	Arcot Lutheran Church[G]	--	40,000	[65]
India	Bodo Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	11,510	[66]
India	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh[G]	--	20,000	[65]
India	Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States[G]	--	27,345	[65]
India	Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church[G]	--	13,280	[65]
India	Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam[G]	--	382,790	[65]
India	India Evangelical Lutheran Church[D][G]	1958	125,000	[65][67]
India	Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church[G]	--	175,000	[65]
India	Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church[G]	--	87,541	[65]
India	South Andhra Lutheran Church[G]	--	60,000	[65]
India	Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church[G]	--	111,587	[65]
Indonesia	Batak Christian Community Church	--	25,000	[68]
Indonesia	Christian Communion of Indonesia Church in Nias (Gereja AMIN)	--	18,500	[68]
Indonesia	Christian Protestant Angkola Church	--	29,455	[68]
Indonesia	Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia	--	258,914	[68]
Indonesia	Communion of Protestant Christian Church	--	63,274	[68]
Indonesia	Indonesian Christian Church	--	355,000	[68]
Indonesia	Indonesian Christian Lutheran Church	--	17,305	[68]
Indonesia	Pakpak Dairi Christian Protestant Church	--	39,428	[68]
Indonesia	Protestant Christian Batak Church	1861	4,500,000	[68]
Indonesia	Protestant Christian Church	--	456,802	[68]
Indonesia	Protestant Christian Church in Mentawai	--	50,000	[68]
Indonesia	Simalungun Protestant Christian Church	--	220,586	[68]
Indonesia	United Protestant Church	--	12,057	[68]
Palestine	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land	1959	3,000	[69][70]
Italy	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy	1949	7,000	[71][72]
Japan	Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church	1946	22,000	[73][74]
Japan	Japan Lutheran Church[C][D]	1968	2,381	[73]
Japan	Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	2,757	[73]
Kenya	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya[E]	1948	100,000	[75][76]
Kenya	Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church[D]	--	44,000	[75]
Latvia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia	--	250,000	[77]
Latvia	Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad	--	22,172	[77]
Liberia	Lutheran Church in Liberia	--	70,000	[78]
Lithuania	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania	--	20,000	[79]
Madagascar	Malagasy Lutheran Church	--	3,000,000	[80]
Malawi	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi	--	102,000	[71]
Malaysia	Basel Christian Church of Malaysia	1925	63,000	[81][82]
Malaysia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia	1994	4,145	[81][83]
Malaysia	Lutheran Church in Malaysia	1962	8,822	[81][84]
Malaysia	Protestant Church in Sabah	--	52,000	[81]
Mexico	Mexican Lutheran Church	--	1,500	[85]
Mozambique	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mozambique	--	12,606	[86]
Namibia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN-GELC)	1960	4,434	[87][88]
Namibia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia	--	420,000	[87]
Namibia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN)	--	772,398	[87]
Nepal	Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	1,196	[89]
Netherlands	Protestant Church in the Netherlands[B]	2004	1,969,755	[90][91]
Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Lutheran Church of Faith and Hope	--	7,050	[92]
Nigeria	The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria	--	2,200,000	[93]
Nigeria	Lutheran Church of Nigeria[D]	1936	121,000	[93][94]
Norway	Church of Norway	--	3,526,133	[95]
Norway	Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway	--	21,490	[95]
Papua New Guinea	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea	--	1,200,000	[96]
Papua New Guinea	Gutnius Lutheran Church[D]	--	149,869	[96]
Peru	Lutheran Church of Peru	--	496	[97]
Philippines	Lutheran Church in the Philippines[D]	1971	55,000	[98][99]
Poland	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland	c. 1570	71,000	[100][101]
Republic of the Congo	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Congo	--	3,612	[102]
Romania	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania	1550	12,347	[103][104]
Romania	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania	--	27,540	[103]
Russia	Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Russia and Other States	2011	24,050	[105]
Russia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia[D]	--	15,000	[105]
Rwanda	Lutheran Church of Rwanda	--	6,372	[106]
Senegal	The Lutheran Church of Senegal	--	4,053	[107]
Serbia	Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia	--	49,000	[108]
Sierra Leone	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone	1988	5,000	[109][110]
Singapore	Lutheran Church in Singapore	1997	2,964	[86][111]
Slovakia	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic	--	224,581	[112]
Slovenia	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia	--	20,000	[113]
South Africa	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa	1975	580,000	[114][115]
South Africa	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church)	--	3,994	[114]
South Africa	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (N-T)	1981	9,656	[114][116]
South Africa	Moravian Church in South Africa	--	50,000	[114]
South Korea	Lutheran Church in Korea[D]	1971	4,824	[117][118]
Sri Lanka	Lanka Lutheran Church[D]	--	5,324	[119]
Suriname	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Suriname	--	4,000	[120]
Sweden	Church of Sweden	--	5,563,351	[121][122]
Switzerland	Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein	--	4,968	[123][124]
Taiwan	Lutheran Church of Taiwan (Republic of China)	--	1,949	[125]
Taiwan	Lutheran Church of the Republic of China	--	580	[125]
Taiwan	Taiwan Lutheran Church	--	10,481	[125]
Tanzania	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania[E]	--	6,531,336	[126]
Thailand	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thailand	--	4,766	[127]
United Kingdom	Lutheran Church in Great Britain	--	1,500	[128]
United States	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1988	3,765,362	[129]
Venezuela	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Venezuela	--	1,950	[130]
Zambia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia	--	4,000	[131]
Zimbabwe	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe	1962	292,880	[132][133]

International Lutheran Council

Founded in 1993, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) is the second largest international association of Lutheran churches after the LWF, representing 7.15 million Lutherans in 54 church bodies as of 2018.^[134][135] Unlike the members of the LWF, not all members of the ILC are in altar and pulpit fellowship with one another.

Country	Church body	Year founded	Members[A]	Ref
Argentina	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina	1905	27,890	[136]
Australia	Lutheran Church of Australia[C][D]	1966	60,000	[7][137]
Belgium	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium	--	150	[138]
Bolivia	Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia[C][E]	--	906	[139]
Brazil	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil	1904	243,520	[140][141]
Canada	Lutheran Church—Canada	1988	58,216	[142][143]
Chile	Confessional Lutheran Church of Chile	1992	135	[144][145]
Denmark	Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Denmark[C]	1855	90	[146]
Finland	Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland	2013	2,313	[147]
France	Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France	1927	821	[148]
Germany	Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church	1888	33,474	[149][150]
Ghana	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana[D]	1958	29,000	[55][56]
Guatemala	Lutheran Church in Guatemala	--	4,200	[151]
Haiti	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti	--	10,000	[152]
Hong Kong	Lutheran Church-Hong Kong Synod	--	12,355	[153]
India	India Evangelical Lutheran Church[D]	1958	125,000	[65][154][67]
Japan	Japan Lutheran Church[D]	1968	2,381	[73][155]
Kenya	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya[D][E]	1948	100,000	[75][76][156]
Mexico	Lutheran Synod of Mexico	--	1,211	[157]
Nicaragua	Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua	2008	1,800	[158]
Nigeria	Lutheran Church of Nigeria[D]	1936	121,000	[93][94]
Norway	The Lutheran Church in Norway	2005	90	[159][160]
Papua New Guinea	Gutnius Lutheran Church[D]	--	149,869	[96][161]
Paraguay	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay	1983	4,079	[162][163]
Peru	Evangelical Lutheran Church - Peru[C][E]	--	500	[164]
Philippines	Lutheran Church in the Philippines[D]	1971	55,000	[98][99][165]
Portugal	Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church	1959	95	[166]
Russia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia[D]	--	15,000	[105][167]
Russia	Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church	2003	2,100	[168]
South Africa	Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa	1892	2,829	[169]
South Africa	Lutheran Church in Southern Africa	1967	20,000	[170]
South Korea	Lutheran Church in Korea[D]	1971	4,824	[117][118][171]
Spain	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Spain	2004	--	[172]
Sri Lanka	Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church[D]	--	5,324	[119][173]
Taiwan	China Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	2,010	[174]
United Kingdom	Evangelical Lutheran Church of England	1954	1,600	[175][176]
United States	American Association of Lutheran Churches	1987	14,000	[177][178]
United States	Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod	1847	2,017,834	[179][180]
United States	Lutheran Ministerium and Synod – USA	1995	--	[181][182]
Venezuela	Lutheran Church of Venezuela	--	1,607	[183]

Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference

The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) is the third major international association of Lutheran church bodies, representing approximately 500,000 Lutherans in 32 church bodies.^[184]

Country	Church body	Year founded	Members[A]	Ref
Australia	Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia	--	--	[185]
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Lutheran Church	1994	310	[186]
Cameroon	Lutheran Church of Cameroon	--	650	[187]
Czech Republic	Czech Evangelical Lutheran Church	1991	249	[188]
Finland	Lutheran Confessional Church (Finland)	2002	26	[189]
Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)	1876	1,300	[190]
Indonesia	Gereja Lutheran Indonesia	--	1,362	[191]
Japan	Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church	1962	375	[192]
Latvia	Confessional Lutheran Church in Latvia	1999	300	[193]
Malawi	Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference	1963	41,000	[194]
Mexico	Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mexico)	--	650	[195]
Nigeria	All Saints Lutheran Church of Nigeria	1991	1,674	[196]
Nigeria	Christ the King Lutheran Church—Nigeria	1969	3,727	[197]
Norway	Lutheran Confessional Church (Norway)	2009	57	[198]
Peru	Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Peru	--	970	[199]
Puerto Rico	Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church—Puerto Rico	1990	216	[200]
Russia	Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord"	1995	--	[201]
Sweden	Lutheran Confessional Church (Sweden)	1974	220	[202]
Ukraine	Ukrainian Lutheran Church	1996	2,500	[203]
United States	Evangelical Lutheran Synod	1918	19,000	[204]
United States	Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	1850	363,997	[205][206]
Zambia	Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference	1955	10,000	[207]

Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum

The Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum (Global Forum) is the fourth major international association of Lutheran church bodies and organizations, representing Lutherans in church bodies across 15 nations.^[208]

Country	Church body	Year founded	Members	Ref
Bolivia	Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia	--	906	[139][209]
Denmark	Evangelical Lutheran Network	2006	--	[209]
Denmark	Lutheran Mission	1868	10,000	[209]
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus	1959	8,310,129	[38][39][40][209]
Germany	Church Coalition for the Bible and Confession	1967	--	[209]
Germany	International Christian Network	1970	--	[209]
India	Christu Suda Communications and Ministries	2001	--	[210][209]
Indonesia	Indonesian Lutheran Christian Church	1965	17,305	[209]
Kenya	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya	1948	100,000	[75][76][209]
Mongolia	Mongolian Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	--	[209]
Norway	Norwegian Lutheran Mission	1891	50,000	[209]
Norway	Inner Mission Federation	1898	--	[209]
Peru	Evangelical Lutheran Church - Peru	1978	500	[164][209]
South Sudan	Lutheran Church of South Sudan	2011	6,463	[211][209]
Sweden	Mission Province	2003	--	[209]
Tanzania	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania	1963	6,531,336	[126][209]
Canada and the  United States	North American Lutheran Church	2010	142,000	[212][209]

Unaffiliated Lutheran denominations

The following denominations are not members of the LWF, ILC, CELC or Global Forum, though several of them work with or are in fellowship with individual members of those associations. In addition, a number of these denominations have fellowship agreements with one another, without being part of any larger association. Note that several of these denominations have congregations in multiple countries. In such cases, the denomination is listed under the country in which its headquarters is located.

Country	Church body	Year founded	Members[A]	Ref
Angola	Confessional Lutheran Church in Angola[H]	--	--	[213]
Australia	Australian Evangelical Lutheran Church	1992	--	[214]
Australia	Evangelical Lutheran Congregations of the Reformation	1966	--	[215]
Benin	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Benin[H]	1997	--	[216]
Burundi	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Burundi[H]	1997	1,800	[217][218]
Cambodia	Cambodia Lutheran Church[H]	2017	1,000	[219][220]
Canada	Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations	1991	--	[221]
Canada	Church of the Lutheran Brethren Canada	--	--	[222]
Chad	Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Chad	--	113,684	[223]
China	China Lutheran Gospel Church	--	225	[223]
Czech Republic	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Czech Republic[H]	--	--	[224][225][226]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Evangelical Lutheran Church of East Congo[H]	1977	10,000	[218][227]
Denmark	Confessional Orthodox Evangelical Lutheran Communion	2019	--	[228]
Eritrea	Evangelical Church of Eritrea[H]	--	--	[229]
Estonia	Estonian Lutheran Association of Peace[H]	1997	--	[230]
Ethiopia	Lutheran Church of Ethiopia	--	20,000	[223][231]
Faroe Islands	Evangelical Lutheran Church on the Faroe Islands	2007	40,234	[232]
Finland	Confessional Lutheran Church of Finland	1928	318	[233][234]
Finland	The Union of Independent Evangelical Lutheran Congregations in Finland	1928	482	[235]
Ghana	Apostolic Lutheran Church of Ghana[I]	1995	500	[236]
Guam	Lutheran Church of Guam	2011	--	[237]
Guinea	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guinea[H]	1996	3,000	[238]
India	Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	57,635	[223]
India	Gospel Outreach Ministries[I]	1992	--	[239]
India	Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tamil Nadu	1981	--	[240]
India	Lutheran Fellowship of India	1998	--	[241]
India	North Western Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	118,283	[223]
Ireland	Lutheran Church in Ireland	1962	5,623	[223][242]
Ivory Coast	Evangelical Lutheran Church–Ivory Coast Synod[H]	--	1,500	[243]
Japan	Fellowship Deaconry Evangelical Church	--	--	[244]
Japan	Japan Lutheran Brethren Church	--	1,263	[245]
Japan	West Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church	--	3,933	[223]
Kazakhstan	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kazakhstan[H]	--	--	[246]
Kenya	Evangelical Lutheran Fellowship of Africa	--	--	[247]
Kyrgyzstan	Concordia Lutheran Church[H]	2001	600	[248][249]
Liberia	Apostolic Lutheran Church of Liberia[I]	--	--	[250]
Liberia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Liberia[H]	2009	11,000	[251]
Moldova	Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Moldova	1999	--	[252]
Mozambique	Lutheran Church of Concord in Mozambique[H]	--	1,600	[253]
Myanmar	Apostolic Lutheran Church of Myanmar[I]	--	--	[254]
New Zealand	Evangelical Lutheran Church of New Zealand	2018	--	[255]
Nigeria	Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations – Nigeria	--	--	[256]
Panama	Brotherhood of Popular Pastoral Action - Lutheran Coordination	--	--	[223]
Panama	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Panama[H]	--	200	[257]
Philippines	Tagakaulo Lutheran Church of Christ in the Philippines	1998	--	[258]
Russia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Augsburg Confession in Russia[J]	2006	--	[259]
South Africa	United Lutheran Church in South Africa[I]	1997	--	[260]
Sudan	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sudan and South Sudan[H][K]	1993	20,000	[261][262][263]
Serbia	Evangelical Christian Church of Augsburg Confession in Serbia	1998	10000	[302]
Sweden	Concordia Lutheran Church	1984	--	[264]
Sweden	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sweden	1968	--	[265]
Taiwan	Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Taiwan	--	--	[266]
Tanzania	Lutheran Church in East Africa[H]	--	10,000	[267]
Thailand	Thailand Concordia Lutheran Church[H]	2004	600	[268][220]
The Gambia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of The Gambia	1999	2,000	[223][269]
Togo	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Christ – Togo[I]	--	--	[270]
Togo	Lutheran Church of Togo[H]	2009	5,000	[271]
Turkey	Istanbul Lutheran Church	2005	--	[272]
Uganda	Lutheran Church Mission in Uganda[H]	1994	25,000	[273][274]
Uganda	Uganda Lutheran Church Foundation	--	9,084	[223][274]
United States	Apostolic Lutheran Church of America[I]	1928	9,000	[275]
United States	Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches	2007	--	[276]
United States	Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	1962	44,500	[277][223]
United States	Association of independent evangelical Lutheran churches[J]	--	--	[278]
United States	Augsburg Lutheran Churches	2001	--	[279]
United States	Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	1900	8,860	[280][223]
United States	Church of the Lutheran Confession	1960	8,108	[223][281]
United States	Concordia Lutheran Conference	1956	--	[282]
United States	Conservative Lutheran Association	1980	1,267	[283][284]
United States	Evangelical Lutheran Church Estonian Synod	2010	--	[285]
United States	Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America	1999	--	[286]
United States	Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America	2006	--	[281]
United States	General Lutheran Church	2014	[302]	[287]
United States	Illinois Lutheran Conference	1979	--	[288]
United States	Independent Lutheran Diocese[J]	2008	--	[289]
United States	Laestadian Lutheran Church[I]	1973	--	[290]
United States	Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1957	10,950	[291]
United States	Lutheran Church - International[J]	1967	1000	[292]
United States	Lutheran Churches of the Reformation	1964	1,300	[293]
United States	Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	2001	300,000	[294]
United States	Lutheran Conference of Confessional Fellowship	1983	--	[295]
United States	The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church[B]	2001	--	[296]
United States	Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA	1995	--	[297]
United States	Lutheran Orthodox Church[J]	--	--	[298]
United States	Missionary Lutheran Church	2013	--	[299]
United States	Old Apostolic Lutheran Church of America	1899	25,000	[300]
United States	Orthodox Lutheran Confessional Conference	2006	--	[281]
United States	Protes'tant Conference	1927	1000	[301]
United States	United Lutheran Mission Association	2005	--	[302]
Zambia	Lutheran Evangelical Church in Africa—Zambia Diocese	--	--	[303]

See also

• List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses
• List of Lutheran denominations in North America

Notes

1. Membership numbers are the most recent available as of April 2018.
2. United Church
3. Associate member
4. Member of both the Lutheran World Federation and the International Lutheran Council
5. Also member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum
6. Member of the EKD
7. Member of the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India
8. Mission partner of the LCMS, LCC, or another ILC-affiliated denomination
9. Laestadian
10. Evangelical Catholic
11. Formerly known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sudan