Lutheran Church in Great Britain

Lutheran Church in Great Britain
ClassificationChristian
OrientationProtestant
ScriptureChristian Bible
TheologyLutheranism
PolityEpiscopal
BishopTor Berger Jørgensen
AssociationsLutheran World Federation
Lutheran Council of Great Britain
Porvoo Communion
RegionGreat Britain
Origin1961 (as the United Lutheran Synod)
Congregations11
Official websitehttp://www.lutheranchurch.co.uk/

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain (LCiGB) is a small Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. The LCiGB is a member church of the Lutheran World Federation and of The Lutheran Council of Great Britain, the umbrella organisation for several Lutheran churches in Great Britain, many of which are chaplaincies or congregations that are closely related to Lutheran churches in other countries. The LCiGB is also a member of the Porvoo Communion of Anglican and Lutheran churches in Europe. It is, in common with many Lutheran churches,[1] led by a bishop and a council of lay members and clergy elected at its annual synod. Tor Berger Jørgensen, former bishop of the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland in the Church of Norway, was received as the fourth bishop of the LCiGB on 6 October 2019.

  1. ^ "LWF AFFIRMS HISTORIC STATEMENT ON EPISCOPAL MINISTRY". Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Retrieved 8 September 2013.