Ukrainian Lutheran Church
| Ukrainian Lutheran Church | |
|---|---|
| Українська Лютеранська Церква | |
Seal of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church | |
| Type | Eastern Protestant |
| Classification | Eastern Lutheran |
| Orientation | Confessional Lutheran |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Polity | Modified episcopal polity with some powers reserved to the congregation as in congregationalism |
| Associations | Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference |
| Region | Ukraine |
| Liturgy | Byzantine Rite |
| Origin | 1933 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Congregations | about 25 |
| Members | 2,500 |
| Other name(s) | Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession |
| Official website | ukrlc.org |
The Ukrainian Lutheran Church (ULC; Ukrainian: Українська Лютеранська Церква, romanized: Ukrainska Liuteranska Tserkva), formerly called the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (Українська Євангельська Церква Аугсбурзького Віросповідання, Ukrainska Evangelska Tserkva Augsburhkogo Virospovidannya), is a Byzantine Rite Lutheran Church based in Ukraine. The Eastern Christian denomination consists of 25 congregations within Ukraine, serving over 2,500 members and runs Saint Sophia Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary in Ternopil in Western Ukraine.
The ULC is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC), a worldwide organization of confessional Lutheran church bodies of the same beliefs.