Taiwan Lutheran Church

Taiwan Lutheran Church
Logo of the TLC
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationLutheran
PolityInterdependent local, regional, and national expressions with modified episcopal polity
LeaderRev Chen Chih-Hung
AssociationsLWF,[1] ALC
RegionTaiwan
Origin1954
Branched fromLutheran Church of China
Congregations40
Members11,422 baptized

The Taiwan Lutheran Church (TLC; Chinese: 台灣信義會; pinyin: Táiwān Xìnyì Huì) is one of the six Lutheran bodies in Taiwan. It currently has 80 mission sites nationwide (including 40 local congregations, 30 church plants and 10 parachurch organizations) with a total of 11,422 baptized members.[2]

The current bishop of the Taiwan Lutheran Church is the Rt Rev Chen Chih-Hung, first elected in 2008.[3]

  1. ^ "Taiwan - The Lutheran World Federation".
  2. ^ LWF Statistics - Taiwan The Lutheran World Federation
  3. ^ Taiwan Lutheran Church: Successive Bishops