Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea information
Protestant church in Papua New Guinea
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
Official logo of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea.
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
Lutheranism
Polity
Episcopal[citation needed]
Associations
World Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, Pacific Conference of Churches, Papua New Guinea Council of Churches
Region
Papua New Guinea
Congregations
2000[1]
Members
900,000 baptized[2]
Ministers
2,800[1]
Hospitals
12[1]
Primary schools
170[1]
Secondary schools
11[1]
Tertiary institutions
6[1]
Official website
http://www.elcpng.org/
Head Bishop - Rt. Rev. Jack Urame
General Secretary - Bernard Kaisom
Assistant Bishop - Rev. Lucas Kedabeng
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea is a Protestant church denomination located in Papua New Guinea that professes the Lutheran branch of the Christian faith. The Church is incorporated by a 1991 Act of the Parliament of Papua New Guinea and it has a baptized membership of approximately 900,000 members.[2]
It is a member of the:
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) (1976)
World Council of Churches
Pacific Conference of Churches
and is in fellowship with the Lutheran Church of Australia.
^ abcdef"World Council of Churches - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea". Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
^ abLWF Statistics 2009 Archived August 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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