Redigerer Den evangelisk-lutherske kirke i Tanzania

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'''Den evangelisk lutherske kirke i Tanzania''' ([[kiswahili]]: ''Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania'' ('''KKKT'''); [[engelsk]]: ''Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania'' ('''ELCT''') er en føderasjon av [[Lutherdom|lutherske]] kirker i [[Tanzania]] og en av de største lutherske kirker i verden, med mer enn 6,5 millioner medlemmer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lutheranworld.org/country/tanzania|title=Tanzania {{!}} The Lutheran World Federation|website=www.lutheranworld.org|access-date=2016-05-02|archive-date=2016-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701165310/https://www.lutheranworld.org/country/tanzania|url-status=yes}}</ref>

I 1938 grunnla syn lutherske kirker en føderasjon ved navn ''Federation of Lutheran Churches in Tanganyika''. Den 19. juni 1963 slo kirkene seg sammen tilén kirke ved navn ''Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania''.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = A Short history
  | publisher = Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
  | year = 2007
  | url = http://www.elct.org/
  | accessdate = 2007-05-29}}</ref>

Kirken har en ''presiding bishop'' (ledende biskop) og 24 diocesanbiskoper, for hvert sitt bispedømme, og med mer enn 6,5 millioner medlemmer.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = ELCT Press Release
  | work = News Releases
  | publisher = Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
  | year = 2015
  | url = http://www.elct.org/news/2015.07.001.html
  | accessdate = 2016-02-14}}</ref> Hovedsetet er i [[Arusha]], der kirken har eid [[New Safari Hotel]] siden 1967. Kirken er affiliert med [[All Africa Conference of Churches]] (AACC), [[Christian Council of Tanzania]], og [[Det lutherske verdensforbund]].

== Bispedømmer ==
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* Central Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/central.html|title=Central Diocese}}</ref>
* Dodoma Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/dodoma.html|title=Dodoma Diocese}}</ref>
* East of Lake Victoria Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/elv.html|title=East of Lake Victoria Diocese}}</ref>
* Eastern & Coastal Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/eandc.html|title=Eastern &amp; Coastal Diocese}}</ref>
* Iringa Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/iringa.html|title=Iringa Diocese}}</ref>
* Karagwe Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/karagwe.html|title=Karagwe Diocese}}</ref>
* Konde Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/konde.html|title=Konde Diocese}}</ref>
* Lake Tanganyika Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/laketanganyika.html|title=Lake Tanganyika Diocese}}</ref>
* Mara Region Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/mara.html|title=Mara Region Diocese}}</ref>
* Mbulu Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/mbulu.html|title=Mbulu Diocese}}</ref>
* Meru Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/meru.html|title=Meru Diocese}}</ref>
* Morogoro Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/morogoro.html|title=Morogoro Diocese}}</ref>
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* Northern Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/northern.html|title=Northern Diocese}}</ref>
* North-Central Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/northcentral.html|title=North-Central Diocese}}</ref>
* North-Eastern Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/northeastern.html|title=North-Eastern Diocese}}</ref>
* North-Western Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/northwestern.html|title=North-Western Diocese}}</ref>
* Pare Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/pare.html|title=Pare Diocese}}</ref>
* Ruvuma Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/ruvuma.html|title=Ruvuma Diocese}}</ref>
* Southern Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/southern.html|title=Southern Diocese}}</ref>
* South-Central Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/southcentral.html|title=South-Central Diocese}}</ref>
* South-East of Lake Victoria Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/selv.html|title=South-East of Lake Victoria Diocese}}</ref>
* South-Eastern Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/southeastern.html|title=South-Eastern Diocese}}</ref>
* South-Western Diocese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/southwestern.html|title=South-Western Diocese}}</ref>
* Ulanga Kilombero<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elct.org/dioceses/ulangakilombero.html|title=Ulanga Kilombero}}</ref>
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