| Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil | |
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| Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil | |
 A Lutheran church inCuritiba | |
| Abbreviation | IECLB |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Lutheran |
| Governance | Synodal |
| Presiding Pastor | Silvia Beatrice Genz |
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| Region | Brazil |
| Headquarters | Porto Alegre,Rio Grande do Sul |
| Origin | 1824 |
| Separated from | Protestant Church in Germany |
| Merger of | Rio Grandense Synod, Evangelical Synod of Santa Catarina, Evangelical Synod of Santa Catarina, Paraná and other States, Evangelical Synod of Central Brazil |
| Members | 634,286 |
| Official website | www.luteranos.com.br |
TheEvangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil) is aLutheran denomination inBrazil. It is a member of theLutheran World Federation, which it joined in 1952. It is a member of theLatin American Council of Churches, the National Council of Christian Churches and theWorld Council of Churches. The denomination has 1.02 million adherents[1] and 634,286 registered members.[2]
The church ordains women as ministers.[3] In 2011, the denomination released a pastoral letter accepting the Supreme Court's decision to allow same-sex civil marriage,[4][5] although religious same-sex marriages are not allowed in the denomination, neither does it ordain clergy who are living in same-sex unions.[6]
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