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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (LELB) is a LutheranProtestant church in Latvia. It is governed by a Consistory composed of clergy and laity elected by the synod. The Archbishop serves as its president. Archbishop Janis Vanags, first elected in 1993 at a special synod meeting following the untimely death of Archbishop Karlis Gailitis in 1992, was consecrated bishop on August 29, 1993 by the Archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Luthers seal Lutheranism is a Christian tradition based upon the main theological insights of Martin Luther. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Bishop Lennart Koskinen with some young people. ...
The ELCL is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches, and is currently negotiating membership in the Porvoo Communion. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global association of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ... The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the principal international Christian ecumenical organization. ... The Conference of European Churches (CEC) was founded in 1959 to promote reconciliation, dialogue and friendship between the churches of Europe at a time of growing Cold War political tensions and divisions. ... The Porvoo Communion is an agreement between 12 European Protestant churches establishing full communion. ...
See also
Confessional Lutheran Church (Latvia), another Lutheran church in Latvia, affliated with 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. ...
The churches involved are the Anglican churches of the British Isles, the Lutheran state churches of the Nordic countries, and the Lutheranchurches of the Baltic states.
Later negotiations brought the Episcopal churches of the Iberian peninsula into the agreement.
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