Lutheran Church in Malaysia | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Lutheran |
Polity | Interdependent local, regional, and national expressions with modified episcopal polity |
Leader | Thomas Low Kok Chan |
Associations | LWF, ALC, FELCMS, CCM, CFM, CCA, WCC |
Region | Malaysia |
Origin | 1963 |
Branched from | United Lutheran Church in America (today Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) |
Congregations | 70 |
Members | 6,736 baptised |
Official website | www |
The Lutheran Church in Malaysia or LCM (Malay: Gereja Lutheran di Malaysia) is one of four Lutheran bodies in Malaysia. It currently has 52 congregations nationwide with a total of 6,736 baptised members[1] and is the largest entirely Lutheran body in the country.[2] Until 2012, the body was known as the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore.
The current bishop of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia is Thomas Low Kok Chan was installed on 4 December 2021. [3]
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