Partner Church Bodies

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod has 38 partner churches around the world. A partner church is a church body with whom the LCMS has full altar and pulpit fellowship.
Many LCMS partner churches are also members of the International Lutheran Council, a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran church bodies.
Some LCMS partner churches came into existence through LCMS-supported mission efforts, while others have historic roots that pre-date the LCMS or that are sourced in the mission efforts of other Lutheran church bodies.
Africa
Asia
Europe
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium (ELKB) — Rev. Gijsbertus van Hattem, President
(Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk in België)
- Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Denmark (ELFD) — Rev. Leif G. Jensen, President
(Den evangelisk-lutherske Frikirke i Danmark)
- The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE) — Rev. Jon Ehlers, Chairman
- Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France (EEL-SF) — Rev. Martin Jautzy, President
(Église Évangélique Luthèrienne - Synode de France)
- Independent Evangelical - Lutheran Church (SELK-Germany) — Rev. Hans-Jörg Voigt, Bishop
(Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche)
- Kazakhstan — Evangelical Lutheran Church of Almaty — Rev. Alexander Burtsev, President
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (ELCL) — Rev. Janis Vanags, Archbishop
- Consistory of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania (CELCL) — Rev. Mindaugas Sabutis, Bishop
- The Lutheran Church in Norway — Rev. Torkild Masvie, Bishop
- Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church — Rev. Adalberto Hiller, President
(Igreja Evangélica Luterana Portuguesa)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (ELCIR) — Rev. Arri Kugappi, Bishop
- Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELC) — Rev. Vsevolod Lytkin, Bishop
Latin America
North America