The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (Portuguese : Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil , IELB ) is a Lutheran church, which was founded in 1904 in Rio Grande do Sul , a southern state in Brazil .
The IELB is a conservative, confessional Lutheran synod that holds to the Book of Concord . It started as a mission of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and was the Brazilian District of that body. The IELB became an independent church body in 1980. It has about 243,093 members. The IELB is a member of the International Lutheran Council .
Churches in the International Lutheran Council
Africa
Benin
Lutheran Church in Africa – Benin Synod
Burkina Faso
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burkina Faso
Ghana Kenya Liberia
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia
Madagascar Nigeria
The Lutheran Church of Nigeria
Rwanda
Lutheran Mission in Africa – Synod of Thousand Hills
South Africa
Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa
Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
St. Peter Confessional Lutheran Synod of South Africa
South Sudan
South Sudan Evangelical Lutheran Church
Togo Uganda
Lutheran Church of Uganda
Asia and Oceania
Australia China - Hong Kong China - Taiwan
China Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Church of the Republic of China
India Indonesia
Indonesian Lutheran Christian Church
Japan Myanmar South Korea Papua New Guinea Philippines Sri Lanka
Europe
Belgium Denmark
Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Denmark
Finland France Germany Latvia Norway Portugal Russia Spain Sweden United Kingdom
Latin America
Argentina Bolivia
Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia
Brazil Chile
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Chile
Guatemala
Lutheran Church of Guatemala
Mexico Nicaragua
Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua
Peru Uruguay
Lutheran Church of Uruguay
Venezuela
Lutheran Church of Venezuela
North America
Canada Haiti
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti
United States
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