| Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church | |
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| Abbreviation | JELC |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Lutheran |
| Theology | Luther's theology |
| Governance | JELC Central Office, Jeypore, Odisha |
| Bishop | Bidhan Kumar Nayak[1] |
| Region | Odisha |
| Language | Odia |
| Liturgy | Lutheran |
| Headquarters | Jeypore 764 001[1] |
| Founder | |
| Origin | 1909 Odisha |
| Recognition | |
| Congregations | Works predominantly in the Undivided Koraput Dist and Aruku Valley and Jagdalpur. |
| Members | 250,000 |
| Ministers | More than 100 |
| Hospitals | Christian Hospital Nabrangpur (German Hospital), Christian Hospital Bissamcuttack |
| Nursing homes | Nursing college (Christian Hospital Bissamcuttack) |
| Primary schools | JELC Primary School Jeypore, Koraput, Nabrangpur, Malkagiri District |
| Secondary schools | JELC High School Jeypore, Koraput, Kotpad, Nabrangpur |
| Other name(s) | (German) Jeypore Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche;
(Latin) Jeypore Ecclesiae Evangelicae Lutheranae; (Hindi) जयपुर इवेंजेलिकल लूथरन चर्च; (Odia) ଜୟପୁର ଇଭାନଜେଲିକାଲ୍ ଲୁଥେରାନ୍ ଚର୍ଚ୍ଚ |
| Slogan | Thy Kingdom Come |
Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church is a major Lutheran Christian denomination in India. It was established in 1882. At that time, the founder of The Schleswig Holstein Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society of Germany (SHELM) in Germany was Pastor Christian Jensen, who was praying for the people of India. Pioneer missionaries Rev. Ernest Pohl and Rev. Herman Bothmann came to India and reached the Koraput district of Odisha on 31 May 1882 and started mission work.