Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia
Encyclopedia
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia is a Lutheran denomination based in Namibia
. It has a total membership of over 600,000, mainly in Northern Namibia. It played a significant role in opposition to Apartheid in Namibia and was part of the Namibian independence struggle
.
The church developed out of the Work of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission among the Ovambo
people. Other Lutheran churches in Nambia is the southern based Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia and the German speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (GELK)
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. It has a total membership of over 600,000, mainly in Northern Namibia. It played a significant role in opposition to Apartheid in Namibia and was part of the Namibian independence struggle
Namibian War of Independence
See also South African Border War.The Namibian War of Independence, also known as the South African Border War, which lasted from 1966 to 1988, was a guerrilla war, which the nationalist South-West Africa People's Organization and others, fought against the apartheid government in South...
.
The church developed out of the Work of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission among the Ovambo
Ovambo
The Ovambo or Ambo people consist of a number of kindred ethnic groups which inhabit Ovamboland in northern Namibia as well as the Southernmost Angolan province Cunene. In Namibia, these are the Ndonga, Kwanyama, Kwambi, Ngandjera, Mbalantu, Mbadja, Kolonkadhi and Kwaluudhi...
people. Other Lutheran churches in Nambia is the southern based Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia and the German speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (GELK)