Lutheran World Federation

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The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; German: Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The federation was founded in the Swedish city of Lund in the aftermath of the Second World War in 1947 to coordinate the activities of the many differing Lutheran churches. Since 1984, the member churches are in pulpit and altar fellowship, with common doctrine as the basis of membership and mission activity. The LWF has 154 member church bodies in 99 countries representing over 78 million Lutherans; as of 2023, it was the sixth-largest Christian communion (see list of denominations by membership). According to the World Christian Database and World Christian Encyclopedia, published by Edinburgh University Press, excluding the United and Uniting Churches, the LWF reportedly had 82,310,000 members in 2020. The LWF acts on behalf of its member churches in areas of common interest such as ecumenical...

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