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The Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord" (Евангелическо-Лютеранская Церковь "Согласие") is a small confessional Lutheran denomination based in Russia. Established in 1992, it is a mission denomination assisted by missionaries supported by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. It currently consists of 5 congregations and several Christian Information Centers, all in the province of Siberia in Russia. The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) is a United States religious denomination belonging to the Lutheran tradition within Christianity. ... Siberian federal subjects of Russia Siberia ( Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ...
The denomination is headquartered in Akademgorodok, just south of Novosibirsk where it also operates a seminary for the training of clergy. The Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics in Akademgorodok Akademgorodok (Академгородо́к) (pop. ... Novosibirsk (Russian Новосиби́рск, pop. ...
Affiliations
The Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord" is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference. The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) is the successor to the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America except that it is international in scope rather than restricted to North America. ...
Internet Links
Official Website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord" (In Russian) (http://www.luteranin.ru)