Evangelical Lutheran Church – Synod of France and Belgium

The Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France, (French: Église Évangélique Luthérienne Synode de France, or EEL-SF) is a confessional Lutheran church body in France. Around a dozen parishes belong to EEL-SF. Their locations are listed below.

The EEL-SF is a member of the European Lutheran Conference. It is also a member of the ILC, in which the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod of North America has also been a member.^[1]

The EEL-SF formed in 1927 by congregations founded during the 19th century when people left the Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine for doctrinal reasons. Outreach started before and after World War 2. The Synod supports francophone churches in Central Africa and is involved in leadership training in West Africa.^[2] It currently has 957 baptized members in France.^[3]

The president is the Reverend Jean Thiébaut Haessig, who is also pastor for the congregation in Chatenay Malabry in the Île-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Arrondissement Antony in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. Pastor Haessig is also president of the European Lutheran Conference. Pastor Haessig is also the director of the media outreach "L'Heure Luthérienne" (site: www.mediachrist.com), a spinoff from Lutheran Hour Ministries.

List of congregations in France

Heiligenstein. Bas-Rhin. Pr. Schaeffer. 28 rue Principale. [e-mail]

Lembach. Bas-Rhin. Pr Volff. 6 rue du Maire Dielmann. [e-mail]

Mulhouse. Eglise Luthérienne du Christ. Pr Poillet. 21 chemin des Ardennes. [e-mail] website

La Petite Pierre. Bas-Rhin. Pr Jautzy. 39 rue Kirchberg (maison de Retraite). [e-mail]

Schillersdorf. Bas-Rhin. Pr Jautzy. 16 rue Principale. [e-mail]

Strasbourg. Eglise Luthérienne de la Croix. Pr Schaeffer. 6A place d'Austerlitz. [e-mail] website

Woerth. Bas-Rhin Pr Volff. 12 rue de Hagenau. [e-mail]

Paris. St Sauveur. Pr Roger Jones (of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England). 105 rue de l'Abbé Groult. 75015. [e-mail] St Sauveur website

Beaussais. Deux-Sèvres Pr. Amilhat. Temple 79370. [e-mail]

Paris (Chatenay Malabry). Eglise Luthérienne Saint-Pierre. Pr Haessig. 9 rue Jules Barbier. [e-mail] St Pierre website

Paris (Saint Maur des Fossés). Eglise Luthérienne Saint Jean. Pr Aoustin. 109 avenue Beaurepaire. [e-mail] St Jean website

Poitou-Charentes. Mission.

Troyes. Mission.

External links

• EEL-SF website

Footnotes

1. Bienvenue à l'Eglise Luthérienne du Saint Sauveur
2. International Lutheran Council
3. LWF Statistics 2009 Archived August 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.