The Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France, or ELC-SF (French: Église Évangélique Luthérienne Synode de France, or EEL-SF) is a confessional

Confessional

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 Lutheran church body in France

France

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. Around a dozen parishes belong to ELC-SF. Their locations are listed below.

The ELC-SFB has been a member of the European Lutheran Conference. It has also been a member of the ILC

International Lutheran Council

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, in which the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2.3 million members, it is both the eighth largest Protestant denomination and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Synod...

 of North America has also been a member.

The ELC-SFB formed in 1927 by congregations founded during the 19th century when people left the State Lutheran Church in Alsace Lorraine for doctrinal reasons. Outreach started before and after World War 2. The Synod supports francophone churches in Central Africa and is involved in leadership training in West Africa. It currently has 957 baptized members in France.

The president is the Reverend Jean Thiébaut Haessig, who is also pastor for the congregation in Chatenay Malabry in the Île-de-France

Île-de-France (région)

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 Hauts-de-Seine

Hauts-de-Seine

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 Arrondissement

Arrondissement

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 Antony

Antony

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 in the southwestern suburbs of Paris

Paris

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. Pastor Haessig is also president of the European Lutheran Conference. Pastor Haessig is also the director of the media outreach "L'Heure Luthérienne" (site: www.mediachrist.com), a spinoff from Lutheran Hour Ministries

Lutheran Hour Ministries

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List of congregations in France

Heiligenstein. Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

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. Pr. Schaeffer. 28 rue Principale. heiligenstein@eglise-lutherienne.org

Lembach. Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

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. Pr Volff. 6 rue du Maire Dielmann. lembach@eglise-lutherienne.org

Mulhouse

Mulhouse

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. Eglise Luthérienne du Christ. Pr Poillet. 21 chemin des Ardennes. mulhouse@eglise-lutherienne.org website

La Petite Pierre. Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

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. Pr Jautzy. 39 rue Kirchberg (maison de Retraite). kirchberg@libertysurf.fr

Schillersdorf. Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

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. Pr Jautzy. 16 rue Principale. schillersdorf@eglise-lutherienne.org

Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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. Eglise Luthérienne de la Croix. Pr Schaeffer. 6A place d'Austerlitz. strasbourg@eglise-lutherienne.org website

Woerth. Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...

 Pr Volff. 12 rue de Hagenau. woerth@eglise-lutherienne.org

Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. St Sauveur. Pr Roger Jones (of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

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). 105 rue de l'Abbé Groult. 75015. paris@eglise-lutherienne.org St Sauveur website

Beaussais. Deux-Sèvres

Deux-Sèvres

Deux-Sèvres is a French département. Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department.-History:...

 Pr. Amilhat. Temple 79370. beaussais@eglise-lutherienne.org

Paris

Paris

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 (Chatenay Malabry). Eglise Luthérienne Saint-Pierre. Pr Haessig. 9 rue Jules Barbier. chatenay@eglise-lutherienne.org St Pierre website

Paris

Paris

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 (Saint Maur des Fossés

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.7 km. from the center of Paris.-The abbey:...

). Eglise Luthérienne Saint Jean. Pr Aoustin. 109 avenue Beaurepaire. saint-maur@eglise-lutherienne.org St Jean website

Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...

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Troyes

Troyes

Troyes is a commune and the capital of the Aube department in north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about southeast of Paris. Many half-timbered houses survive in the old town...

. Mission.