Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony

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The Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony was a regional Protestant church body in Germany that historically encompassed much of Saxony-Anhalt and neighboring areas before later merging into the Evangelical Church in Central Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant regional church body
member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany
affiliation Protestantism in Germany
cathedralChurch Magdeburg Cathedral
christianBranch Western Christianity
churchPolity episcopal-synodal
clergyType ordained pastors
confessionalCharacter United Protestant with Lutheran majority
country Germany
denomination Protestantism
doctrinalBasis Evangelical Church in Germany basic order
Lutheran confessions
Reformed confessions
governingBody church leadership (Landeskirchenrat)
synod
hasBishopTitle Regional bishop
historicalContinuity successor to parts of the Prussian Union Church structures
historicalPredecessor Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
surface form: Evangelical State Church of Prussia’s older Provinces
historicalRegion Anhalt
Province of Saxony
surface form: former Prussian Province of Saxony
laityParticipation elected synod members
languageOfWorship German
mainCityInTerritory Halle (Saale)
Magdeburg
memberOf Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
Evangelical Church in Germany
Union of Evangelical Churches
mergedInto Evangelical Church in Central Germany
mergerEffectiveDate 2009-01-01
mergerPartner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia
primaryScripture Bible
primaryTerritory Brandenburg
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
reasonForDissolution merger into Evangelical Church in Central Germany
region Central Germany
seatOfBishop Magdeburg
status defunct regional church
theologicalTradition Lutheranism
typeOfOrganization Landeskirche
worshipStyle Protestant liturgical worship

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Evangelical Church in Central Germany formedByMergerOf Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony
EKM formedByMergerOf Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony
EKM isSuccessorOf Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia mergerPartner Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony