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The ALC, formerly known as the Danish Missionary Church, was founded in the year 1863 at Melpattambakkam Village, Tamil Nadu, India, by the missionaries of the Danish Missionary Society. The affirmation of the churchвЂ™s Lutheran identity helps to a new way of seeing oneself and others, Joseph said he was convinced of. Today the mission work of the ALC reaches out to the poor and disadvantaged communities in Tamil Nadu. He challenged the participants to commit themselves to serve others. Because of that we were liberated вЂ“ but who are we liberating today?вЂќ asked Franklyn Joseph, Secretary of ALC. вЂњMissionaries brought the good news to us from Denmark and Germany. By strengthening their faith in Jesus Christ they could make an impact in their specific context. Young people were called to remember the reformation and to take the lead in the ongoing spiritual reformation.

Dr Raja Socrates underlined that вЂњyoung people should learn from Luther the firm faith in God, even at times of failure.вЂќ He encouraged all members right down to grassroots level to become aware of their identity as Lutherans. According to Jeyakumar they вЂњneed to go the extra mile in reconciling with each other as sisters and brothers in ChristвЂќ and share the joy of their faith as a witness of GodвЂ™s mercy to reconcile others in the local community to Jesus Christ. Giving a strong witness and proclaiming the Word of God was one of the urgent tasks for the churches.

He emphasized the need for reconciliation in the church at various levels as the church commemorates the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. One of the main speakers was Executive Secretary of the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI) and of the LWF National Committee (I), Rev. About 1,000 members from sixty congregations had gathered at the Resurrection Lutheran Church.

(LWI) Cuddalore, India/Geneva (LWI) вЂ“ The relevance of Lutheran identity today was the main theme during the Reformation commemoration of the Arcot Lutheran Church (ALC) held in Cuddalore, in the State of Tamil Nadu (India) on 13 and 14 January. The Arcot Lutheran Church commemorates the Reformation

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