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Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Worldwide Classification Protestant Orientation Lutheran Polity Episcopal Archbishop Archbishop of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad Associations Lutheran World Federation ,World Council of Churches ,Conference of European Churches ,Porvoo Communion Region Australia , Belgium , Brazil , Canada , Germany , Republic of Ireland , Latvia , Netherlands , Sweden , United Kingdom , United States , Venezuela Origin 1922 Members 25,000 Other name(s ) Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad Official website www
The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad (LELCA ; Latvian : Latvijas Evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca ārpus Latvijas (LELBĀL ); German: Lettische Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche im Ausland ) is a Lutheran denomination with a presence in Australia , Belgium , Brazil , Canada , Germany , Ireland , Latvia , the Netherlands , Sweden , the United Kingdom , the United States , and Venezuela .
It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation , which it joined in 1947. It is also a member of the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches and part of the Porvoo Communion . The church was originally established in 1922. During the Second World War , when Latvia was occupied and incorporated into the Soviet Union , the archbishop and 131 (being 55%) of the clergy went to exile. In 2020 the church changed its name to the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Worldwide (LELCW ; Latvijas Evaņģēliski luterisko Baznīcu pasaulē ).
In 2014 it was announced that Lauma Lagzdiņš Zuševics , an American, was the first woman elected Archbishop of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad.[1] [2]
In 2016, the church established itself within Latvia, and Archbishop Zuševics stated that it would have to change its name accordingly.[3] Liepāja left the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (LELB/ELCL) and joined the LELBA/LELCA instead due to its support for the ordination of women which the LELB/ELCL had banned the previous week.[4]
References [ edit ]
^ "The Latvian Archbishop who is... a woman!" . LSM Public broadcasting of Latvia. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016 .
^ "Congregation splits from Lutheran church over women's ordination" . LSM Public broadcasting of Latvia. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016 .
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