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Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church : ウィキペディア英語版 | Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church
The or KELC is a Lutheran church in Japan. It currently has approximately 2,759 baptized members〔(LWF Statistics 2009 )〕 in 29 congregations nationwide.〔Lutheran World Federation: (Member Churches ) - Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church〕 The current president is the Rev Shigeo Sueoka. ==History== The KELC traces its history to the eviction of foreign Christian missionaries from mainland China in 1950s after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. In 1951, missionaries from the Norwegian Missionary Society (NMS) and the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway (LFCN) established a mission in Japan, primarily in the Kinki region. On November 3, 1961, 14 congregations planted by the NMS and LFCN organised themselves as the KELC. In 1976, the KELC was accepted as a full member of the Lutheran World Federation.〔 The KELC was officially recognized as a religious body in 1980.〔Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church (About The KELC ) (Japanese)〕
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