Evangelical Church in the Rhineland

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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

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