Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church

{{Short description|Christian denomination in India}}

Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 40,000 members.{{cite web|url=http://www.uelci.org/member-churches.asp |title=United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India |access-date=2009-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422023345/http://uelci.org/member-churches.asp |archive-date=2009-04-22 }} Its headquarters is in Bhadrachalam, Telangana.{{cite web|url=http://www.uelci.org/member-churches.asp |title=United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India |access-date=2009-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422023345/http://uelci.org/member-churches.asp |archive-date=2009-04-22 }}

It has been founded in 1972.{{cite web|url=http://www.uelci.org/member-churches.asp |title=United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India |access-date=2009-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422023345/http://uelci.org/member-churches.asp |archive-date=2009-04-22 }} It is led by T. Esther Rani.{{cite web|url=http://www.uelci.org/member-churches.asp |title=United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India |access-date=2009-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422023345/http://uelci.org/member-churches.asp |archive-date=2009-04-22 }}

The other churches belonging to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India are:

{{cite web|url=http://www.the-uelci.org/member-churches.asp |title=United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India |access-date=2011-07-28 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728091029/http://www.the-uelci.org/member-churches.asp |archive-date=2011-07-28 }}

• Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Arcot Lutheran Church
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
• Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
• Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
• South Andhra Lutheran Church
• Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church