Rio Grandense Synod, Evangelical Synod of Santa Catarina, Evangelical Synod of Santa Catarina, Paraná and other States, Evangelical Synod of Central Brazil
The Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil) is a
Lutheran denomination in
Brazil. It is a member of the
Lutheran World Federation, which it joined in 1952. It is a member of the
Latin American Council of Churches, the National Council of Christian Churches and the
World 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]