Ukrainian Lutheran Church
| Ukrainian Lutheran Church | |
|---|---|
| Українська Лютеранська Церква | |
Seal of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church | |
| Type | Eastern Protestant |
| Classification | Eastern Lutheran |
| Orientation | Confessional Lutheran |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Polity | Modified episcopal polity with some powers reserved to the congregation as in congregationalism |
| Associations | Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference |
| Region | Ukraine |
| Liturgy | Byzantine Rite |
| Origin | 1933 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Congregations | about 25 |
| Members | 2,500 |
| Other name | Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession |
| Official website | ukrlc.org |
The Ukrainian Lutheran Church (ULC; Ukrainian: Украї́нська Лютера́нська Це́рква, romanized: Ukrayínsʹka Liuteránsʹka Tsérkva, IPA: [ʊkrɐˈjinʲsʲkɐ lʲʊteˈranʲsʲkɐ ˈt͡sɛrkʋɐ]), formerly called the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (Украї́нська Єва́нгельська Це́рква А́угсбурзького Віросповіда́ння, Ukrayínsʹka Yevánhelʹsʹka Tsérkva Áuhsburzʹkoho Virospovidánnia), is a Byzantine Rite Lutheran Church based in Ukraine. The Eastern Christian denomination consists of 25 congregations within Ukraine, serving over 2,500 members and runs Saint Sophia Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary in Ternopil in Western Ukraine.
The ULC is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC), a worldwide organization of confessional Lutheran church bodies of the same beliefs.