Английская Википедия:Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil
Шаблон:Infobox Christian denomination The Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil) is a Lutheran denomination in Brazil. It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, which it joined in 1952. It is a member of the Latin American Council of Churches, the National Council of Christian Churches and the World Council of Churches. The denomination has 1.02 million adherents[1] and 634,286 registered members.[2]
The church ordains women as ministers.[3] In 2011, the denomination released a pastoral letter accepting the Supreme Court's decision to allow same-sex civil marriage,[4][5] although religious same-sex marriages are not allowed in the denomination, neither does it ordain clergy who are living in same-sex unions.[6]
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