Working for church and community

Some 31 churches in Africa belong to the global body of Lutheran churches, a communion of 145 member churches in 79 countries.

LWF member churches live out their vocation with the mission statement, "Liberated by God's grace, a communion in Christ living and working together for a just, peaceful, and reconciled world."

The Lutheran communion in Southern Africa (15 churches of two million people)

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mozambique
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Natal-Transvaal)
Moravian Church in South Africa
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe

The Lutheran communion in Central and West Africa (11 churches of three million people)

Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Cameroon
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana
Lutheran Church in Liberia
The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria
The Lutheran Church of Nigeria
The Lutheran Church of Senegal
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Congo (Brazaville)

The Lutheran communion in Central and East Africa (eight churches of 13 million people)

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea
The Ethiopian Evangelical Church - Mekane Yesus
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya
Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church of Rwanda
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Malagasy Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo (DR)