Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
| Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | AELC |
| Type | Society |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Lutheran |
| Scripture | Holy Bible |
| Theology | Postmodernism |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Controller | Justice Kurian Joseph |
| Administrator | P. S. Joseph |
| Secretary to Controller | Nelaturi Jesu Ratna Kumar |
| Associations | Synods |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Tamil Nadu Telangana Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Language | Telugu English |
| Headquarters | Guntur |
| Founder | Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America |
| Origin | 1842 Guntur |
| Congregations | 1,000+ |
| Members | 3,500,000+ |
| Ministers | B. V. Subbamma R. R. Sundara Rao P. Solomon Raj G. D. Melanchthon |
| Missionaries | John Christian Frederick Heyer Anna Sarah Kugler W. D. Coleman W. P. Peery, |
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) was constituted in the year 1927 in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the Indian successor to the United Lutheran Church in America which was started as a self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating church among Telugu Christians.