The Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa (LUCSA) is a communion and fellowship of 15 autonomous and independent Lutheran churches active in 10 countries within the Southern African. As a faith-based and non-profit organization, LUCSA is a platform for mutual accompaniment among its member churches to collectively respond to the spiritual, social, economic, and political challenges and needs faced in the region. LUCSA understands itself and functions as a sub-regional expression of the Lutheran Communion in Africa (LUCA), the African Regional Communion of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF).