Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a major Protestant regional church in Germany rooted in the Lutheran tradition and serving congregations primarily in the federal state of Bavaria.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran church body
Protestant regional church
member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany
abbreviation ELKB
allows women’s ordination
churchPolity episcopal polity
classification mainline Protestant church
confession Augsburg Confession
country Germany
denomination Lutheranism
followsTradition Lutheran tradition
foundedInCountry Germany
governingBody Landessynode
hasClergyType ordained pastors
hasLeaderTitle Landesbischof
hasMission diaconal work
education and catechesis
pastoral care
proclamation of the Gospel
hasRite Lutheran liturgical rite
hasStructure church districts
deaneries
parishes
hasTheology Lutheran theology
headquartersLocation Munich
isLargestProtestantChurchIn Bavaria
isPartOf Protestantism in Germany
isSuccessorOf historic Lutheran territorial churches in Bavaria
legalStatus public law corporation in Germany
memberOf Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
Evangelical Church in Germany
Lutheran World Federation
United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany
nativeName Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern
officialLanguage German
orientation confessional Lutheran
primaryTerritory Bavaria
religion Protestantism
scope regional church
servesRegion Franconia
Swabia
Upper Bavaria
typeOfOrganization church body
usesScripture Bible
website https://www.bayern-evangelisch.de


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