Wikipedia's article on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, community-edited. Reliable for its formation on 19 June 1963 by uniting seven formerly separate Lutheran mission churches that had loosely federated since 1938, its 2020 membership figure of 7,916,253, an annual growth rate around eight percent among baptized members, and its own description as the second largest Lutheran church in the world and the largest in East Africa.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Tanzania
Source Typereference
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the 1963 unification date and the 2020 membership figure, both stated plainly in the article's own text. NotesUsed for the founding and growth of the second largest Lutheran church in the world.
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This source names Africa directly: "in the world and the largest in East Africa."
This source names Tanzania directly: "on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, community-edited."
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