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ILC prepares for 2025 World Conference

PHILIPPINES – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) will hold its 28th World Conference in Bohol, Philippines from September 14-19, 2025. The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) will serve as host for this year’s conference. The theme for the 28th World...

Turkish Lutherans consecrate first bishop

ILK Bishop Feymi Madzhirov. (Photo: Jouni Haverinen). TURKEY - On April 6, the Istanbul Lutheran Church (İstanbul Luteryen Kilisesi – ILK) celebrated the consecration of Rev. Feymi Madzhirov as the church’s first bishop. The service took place in Adana. “When there is...

LCANZ and JLC removed from membership in the ILC

WORLD – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) has removed the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ) and the Japan Lutheran Church (JLC) from observer membership in the ILC. Both were removed for departing from the doctrinal positions required of all...

Meeting of the Augustana Working Group in Rome

Participants in the third meeting of the Concordia Lutheran-Catholic Augustana Working Group. ROME – The third meeting of the Concordia Lutheran-Catholic Augustana Working Group (AWG) took place in Rome from February 23-25, 2025. Under the chairmanship of Bishop Dr....

Lutherans in Paraguay reelect President Figur

Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay celebrate the dedication of Chaco Central Lutheran Mission Church during the IELP's 2025 General Assembly. President Alceu Alton Figur stands by the church's altar and cross, built from different woods in the...

German seminary seeks applicants for New Testament professor

by Mathew Block | Apr 15, 2025

GERMANY – The Lutherische Theologische Hochschule (LThH)—an accredited institution operated by Germany’s Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche – SELK)—is seeking applicants for the position of Professor of Exegetical...

The ILC is Hiring: Fund Development Professional

by Mathew Block | Mar 22, 2025

USA – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) is seeking to hire a full-time Mission Advocate. The ILC Mission Advocate will be an experienced fund development professional, and will lead a fund development plan in order to grow and sustain ILC infrastructure. This...

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The International Lutheran Council is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran church bodies and groups which proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the basis of an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord as the true and faithful exposition of the Word of God. The ILC exists for the purpose of encouraging, strengthening, and promoting confessional Lutheran theology and practice centering in Jesus Christ, both among its members and throughout the world.

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