Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (German: Evangelisch-Lutherische Freikirche) is a small confessional Lutheran denomination based in Germany and western Austria. It currently consists of 1,470 members in 15 congregations, primarily located in former East Germany. It also maintains a seminary for the training of pastors in the city of Leipzig.
It is independent of the Evangelical Church in Germany and can be classified as a free church in that it is an independent denomination and not under the umbrella of the German state church.
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