Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Mainline Lutheran
Theology	Moderate to Liberal
Polity	Modified episcopal polity
National Bishop	Susan Johnson
Headquarters	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Origin	1986 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Merger of	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada Lutheran Church in America, Canada Section
Congregations	519
Members	95,000[1]
Official website	www.elcic.ca

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC; French: Église évangélique luthérienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 95,000^[2] baptized members in 519 congregations,^[3] with the second largest, the Lutheran Church–Canada, having 47,607 baptized members.^[4] Together with the LCC and the Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations, it is one of only three all-Canadian Lutheran denominations. It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Canadian Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches, and the Anglican-Lutheran North American grouping Churches Beyond Borders. According to the 2021 Canadian census, a larger number of 328,045 adherents identify as Lutheran.^[5]