Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
| Lutheran Church in Southern Africa | |
|---|---|
| Basic data | |
| Leading clergyman: |
Bishop Right Rev. SMA Modise Maragelo |
| Membership: | International Lutheran Council |
| Dioceses : | 5 |
| Municipalities : | 100 parishes in 51 parishes |
| Parishioners: | 20,000 |
| Address: | Arcadia Street 790, Arcadia - Pretoria P.O. Box 13292 Hatfield 0028 |
| Internet presence: | Lutheran Church in Southern Africa |
The Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (German: "Lutheran Church in Southern Africa") is an Evangelical Lutheran church in South Africa , Swaziland and Botswana .
History and present
The Lutheran Church in Southern Africa goes back to Evangelical Lutheran missionaries of the Lutheran Church Mission (Bleckmarer Mission) eV, the missionary work of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church . In 1967 it became independent. It is further supported financially and personally by the Lutheran Church Mission and the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from the USA. Mainly black Africans and Indians belong to this Lutheran church. It maintains the theological seminar Lutheran Theological Seminary Tshwane and, within the scope of its possibilities, maintains social-diaconal projects.
structure
The church is divided into five dioceses:
- Botswana Diocese
- Gauteng Diocese
- KwaZulu-Natal Diocese
- Mpumalanga Diocese
- North-West Diocese
The church is headed by a bishop, currently Wilhelm Weber jun.
International membership
The Lutheran Church in Southern Africa is a member of the International Lutheran Council . It is in church and communion fellowship and a. with the predominantly “white” Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa (FELSiSA), the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf : Critical standpoints for the present. A Lutheran theologian in the church struggle of the Third Reich, on his confessional struggle after 1945 and on the dispute over his attitude to apartheid (= Oberurseler Hefte. Supplementary volumes . 11). Edited by Markus Büttner and Werner Klän . Edition Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-7675-7157-0 .
- From the Constitution of the Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (1967). In: Werner Klän, Gilberto Da Silva: Sources on the history of independent Evangelical Lutheran churches in Germany. Documents from the area of Concordian Lutheran churches (= Oberurseler Hefte. Supplementary volumes. 6). 2nd Edition. Edition Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7675-7138-9 , p. 449 ff.
- Agreement between the Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (LCSA) and the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK). In: Werner Klän, Gilberto Da Silva: Sources on the history of independent Evangelical Lutheran churches in Germany. Documents from the area of Concordian Lutheran churches (= Oberurseler Hefte. Supplementary volumes. 6). 2nd Edition. Edition Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7675-7138-9 , p. 475 ff.