Evangelical Church in the Rhineland

E45385

Landeskirche Protestant regional church member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany

The Evangelical Church in the Rhineland is a major Protestant regional church in western Germany, belonging to the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and encompassing congregations primarily along the Rhine.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Landeskirche → Protestant regional church → member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany →
abbreviation	EKiR →
churchPolity	Presbyterian-synodal →
country	Germany →
denomination	Protestantism →
follows	Augsburg Confession → Barmen Declaration → Heidelberg Catechism →
governingBody	Landessynode →
hasParishesIn	Bonn → Cologne NERFINISHED → Duisburg NERFINISHED → Düsseldorf NERFINISHED → Essen NERFINISHED → Koblenz → Saarbrücken → Trier → Wuppertal NERFINISHED →
headquartersLocation	Düsseldorf NERFINISHED →
isPartlySuccessorOf	Prussian Union of Churches →
languageUsed	German →
leaderTitle	Praeses →
memberOf	Community of Protestant Churches in Europe → Conference of Churches on the Rhine → Evangelical Church in Germany → Reformed Alliance in Germany → Union of Evangelical Churches → World Council of Churches →
partOf	Evangelical Church in Germany →
primaryRiverBasin	Rhine →
promotes	ecumenism → peace and reconciliation → social justice →
regionServed	Hesse → North Rhine-Westphalia → Rhineland → Rhineland-Palatinate → Saarland →
supports	lay participation in church governance → ordination of women →
theologicalTradition	Lutheran → Reformed → United Protestant →
usesCalendar	Gregorian calendar →
website	https://www.ekir.de →
worshipStyle	Protestant liturgical worship →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evangelical Church in Germany →	hasRegionalChurches