Background
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) is a family member of the Lutheran World Federation, Christian Council of Tanzania, World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance, and All Africa Conference of Churches. On 5th October, 1893 Leipzig Missionaries arrived in Nkwarungo Machame, thereafter in 1922 Augustana Mission took over the Leipzig mission field due to 1st World War. In 1926 Leipzig Mission came back and shared this mission field with Augustana, then in 1942 we became the Lutheran Church of Northern Tanganyika.
ELCT officially began its work in 1963. When the seven churches in the then Tanganyika (now Tanzania) formed one church. At the time of amalgamation, there were a total of 500,000 church members. To date, ELCT has about 7.3 million members.
The ELCT is divided into 28 dioceses and each diocese is headed by a Bishop. ELCT is headed by Presiding Bishop and the current Presiding Bishop is Rt. Rev. Dr. Alex Malasusa who is also the Bishop of the ELCT Eastern and Coastal Diocese
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, Southern Diocese (ELCT SD)
The ELCT Southern Diocese is one of the 28 Diocese of ELCT, with a population of around XXX members. It comprises seven church districts in Njombe, Mbeya and Songwe Region.
Activities
What do we do?
- Mission and Evangelism.
- Diaconal Services.
- Social Services, especially Health and Education.
Contacts
Rev. Christian Nakoli
Mobile: +255 769 628 082
Email: nakolichristian@gmail.com