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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church''' (NELC) is a multi-lingual [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[Christian church]] that is centred mainly in four states of North [[India]] - [[Jharkhand]], [[Assam]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], and [[Bengal]]. The reach of the Church extends into [[Nepal]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uelci-india.org/northern%20evangelical%20lutheran%20church%20nelc.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227015634/http://uelci-india.org/northern%20evangelical%20lutheran%20church%20nelc.asp |archive-date=2017-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the NELC also works in [[Bhutan]]. It is one of the three Lutheran denominations in northeast India along with the [[Bodo Evangelical Lutheran Church]] and the [[Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam|Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church]]. <br />
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The Church was founded in 1868 by [[Hans Peter Boerresen]], a [[Denmark|Dane]], and [[Lars Olsen Skrefsrud]], a [[Norway|Norwegian]].<ref>[http://www.elca.org/countrypackets/india/nelc.html Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> NELC missionary [[Paul Olaf Bodding]] invented the [[Santali latin alphabet]] that is still used by people in the region today. [[Santals]] form the majority of church members, with [[Bodo people|Boro]] and [[Bengali people|Bengali]] people comprising most of the rest of the members. Currently, it has more than 85,000 [[Lutheranism#Baptism|baptized]] members.<ref>[http://www.lutheranworld.org/LWF_Documents/LWF-Statistics-2009.pdf LWF Statistics 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821080424/http://www.lutheranworld.org/LWF_Documents/LWF-Statistics-2009.pdf |date=2010-08-21 }}</ref><br />
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The NELC took its present name in 1958 and its headquarters are situated in [[Dumka]], a growing educational center northeast of Kolkata. The church provides theological training and education. The NELC is one of ten members of the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India. [[Mornai Tea Estate]] in earlier it was Goalpara district now recently formed Kokrajhar district, Assam, is owned by the church. The NELC runs several health centers and community health programs and has its main hospital in Mohulpahari, [[Jharkhand]].<br />
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== Founders ==<br />
Lars Olsen Skrefsrud and Hans Peter Børresen, succeeded by Paul Olaf Bodding.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
[[World Christian Encyclopedia]]<br />
*[http://www.uelci.org United Evangelical Church in India]<br />
*[http://www.asia-lutheran.org Asia Lutheran Communion]<br />
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