Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church

Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
AbbreviationAELC
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationLutheran
PolityEpiscopal
AssociationsSynods
RegionAndhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
LanguageTelugu
English
HeadquartersGuntur
FounderEvangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America
Origin1842
Guntur
Congregations5,000+
Members3,500,000+[1]
MinistersB. V. Subbamma
R. R. Sundara Rao
P. Solomon Raj
G. D. Melanchthon
MissionariesJohn Christian Frederick Heyer
Anna Sarah Kugler
W. D. Coleman
W. P. Peery,

Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC)[2] was constituted in the year 1927 in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the Indian successor to the United Lutheran Church in America which was started as a self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating church among Telugu Christians.[3]

  1. ^ "Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) of India". North West Missouri Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  2. ^ United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India "Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church". Archived from the original on 18 December 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2007. AELC
  3. ^ Kolluri Luther Richardson, Towards Self-Reliance : A historical survey of the programmes and efforts of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1927–1969, Published by Christopher and Kanakaiah, Vijayawada, 2003.