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The International Lutheran Council is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. It is to be distinguished from the Lutheran World Federation, which represents the larger, more theologically inclusive Lutheran churches. The organization was constituted in 1993 at a council held in Antigua, Guatemala, although it traces its roots back to theological conferences held in many locations in the 1950s and 1960s.Lutheranism.Member bodies of the ILC hold "an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions…mehr

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The International Lutheran Council is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. It is to be distinguished from the Lutheran World Federation, which represents the larger, more theologically inclusive Lutheran churches. The organization was constituted in 1993 at a council held in Antigua, Guatemala, although it traces its roots back to theological conferences held in many locations in the 1950s and 1960s.Lutheranism.Member bodies of the ILC hold "an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord as the true and faithful exposition of the Word of God."The Council has thirty participating churches as of 2007. Among its larger members are the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, and the Lutheran Church Canada. Altogether, approximately 3,450,000 adherents belong to ILC member churches.The Council's Chairman is the Rev. Gerald Kieschnick, who is also President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod since 2007.