Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of

Albania
The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albania is a small Albanian national Lutheran
church body that originated in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod's (WELS) missionary work.[1] It
is an associate member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference.

The church body has 73 baptized members and two congregations in Tirana and Durrës. The average
weekly attendance at worship services is 98. Agron Mece and Mikel Bishka served the church body as
national evangelists since 2009, when the last WELS missionary returned to the United States. Work
continued under overseeing and advising of WELS's local regional mission counselor. Mece and Bishka
graduated as Bachelors of Divinity from St. Sophia Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary in Ternopil,
Ukraine, and they became the first national pastors. WELS does not have resident missionaries in its sister
church, but it continues in providing encouragement and help in theological education and some financial
support.[2][1][3]

References
1. "Albania: Mission History" (https://web.archive.org/web/20141227023129/http://www.wels.n
et/missions/albania/history). Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Archived from the
original (http://www.wels.net/missions/albania/history) on 27 December 2014. Retrieved
27 December 2014.
2. "Albania" (https://wels.net/serving-others/missions/europe/albania/). Wisconsin Evangelical
Lutheran Synod. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
3. "New Albanian Pastors Installed" (https://web.archive.org/web/20141227032423/http://blogs.
wels.net/missions/2013/08/26/new-albanian-pastors-installed/). Wisconsin Evangelical
Lutheran Synod. 26 August 2013. Archived from the original (http://blogs.wels.net/missions/2
013/08/26/new-albanian-pastors-installed/) on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December
2014.

External links
WELS Mission Photos of Albania (https://www.flickr.com/photos/welsmissionsphotos/sets/72
157624426782317)

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