The Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church (近畿福音ルーテル教会, Kinki Fukuin Rūteru Kyōkai) or KELC is a Lutheran church in Japan. It currently has approximately 2,600 baptized members in 29 congregations nationwide. The current president is the Rev Shigeo Sueoka. The KELC traces its history to the eviction of foreign Christian missionaries from mainland China in the 1950s after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. In 1951, missionaries from the Norwegian Missionary Society (NMS) and the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway (LFCN) established a mission in Japan, primarily in the Kinki region. More information...
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