Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Lutheranism
Polity	Episcopal
Primate	The Rt. Rev Bishop Myaka
Associations	Lutheran World Federation, World Council of Churches, South African Council of Churches, All Africa Conference of Churches
Region	South Africa, Eswatini, Botswana, Lesotho
Origin	1975
Congregations	2,300 churches[1]
Members	589,582 members[1]
Official website	http://www.elcsa.org.za/home.html

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa is a Lutheran church in South Africa. The church has 580,000 baptized members^[2] in seven dioceses in South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini, and is (by a wide margin) the largest Lutheran church in the southern African region. It is a member of the Botswana Council of Churches.

The ELCSA was constituted from older churches in 1975, and became a member of the Lutheran World Federation in 1976. The presiding bishop's office is currently held by The Rt Rev Bishop Myaka of the South Eastern Diocese (KwaZulu-Natal Region).