Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church

Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
Abbreviation	AELC
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Lutheran
Polity	Episcopal
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	5,000+
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.

Office Bearers of the AELC
'President Most.Rt.Rev.Dr.K.F.PARADESI BABU Vice-president Rev.Rev.A.JAMES Secretary: Mr CHINNAM KISHORE BABU' Treasurer Mr.K.Moses Arnold

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