Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albania
(Learn how and when to remove this message) The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albania is a small Albanian national Lutheran church body that originated in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod's (WELS) missionary work.[1] It is an associate member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference.
The church body has 73 baptized members and two congregations in Tirana and Durrës. The average weekly attendance at worship services is 98. Agron Mece and Mikel Bishka served the church body as national evangelists since 2009, when the last WELS missionary returned to the United States. Work continued under overseeing and advising of WELS's local regional mission counselor. Mece and Bishka graduated as Bachelors of Divinity from St. Sophia Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary in Ternopil, Ukraine, and they became the first national pastors. WELS does not have resident missionaries in its sister church, but it continues in providing encouragement and help in theological education and some financial support.[2][1][3]
References
- ^ a b "Albania: Mission History". Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Albania". Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "New Albanian Pastors Installed". Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
External links
- WELS Mission Photos of Albania
Churches in the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
Africa |
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| Cameroon | - The Lutheran Church of Cameroon
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| Nigeria | - All Saints Lutheran Church of Nigeria
- Christ the King Lutheran Church
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Asia |
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| Indonesia | - Lutheran Church of Indonesia
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| Japan | - Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church
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Europe |
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| Albania | - Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albania
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| Austria | - Evangelical Lutheran Free Church - Austria
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| Bulgaria | - Bulgarian Lutheran Church
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| Czech Republic | - Czech Evangelical Lutheran Church
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| Finland | - Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church
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| Germany | - Evangelical Lutheran Free Church - Germany
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| Latvia | - Confessional Lutheran Church in Latvia
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| Norway | - Lutheran Confessional Church - Norway
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| Sweden | - Lutheran Confessional Church - Sweden
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| Ukraine | - Ukrainian Lutheran Church
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Latin America |
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| Mexico | - Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church
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| Peru | - Peruvian Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church
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North America |
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| Canada | - WELS-Canada (part of WELS in the USA)
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| Puerto Rico | - Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church
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- Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
- International Lutheran Council
- The Lutheran World Federation
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