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.

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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
Duisburg
Düsseldorf
Essen
Koblenz
Saarbrücken
Trier
Wuppertal
headquartersLocation Düsseldorf
isPartlySuccessorOf Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
surface form: 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
Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
surface form: 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 (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
website https://www.ekir.de
worshipStyle Protestant liturgical worship

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Evangelical Church in Germany hasRegionalChurches Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Fischeln belongsTo Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
this entity surface form: Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland
Aula Palatina denomination Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Aula Palatina ownedBy Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Landessynode operatesWithin Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Landessynode jurisdiction Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Landessynode governs Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
this entity surface form: church law of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
EKiR standsFor Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
this entity surface form: Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland
EKiR governingBody Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
subject surface form: Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
this entity surface form: Rhineland Church Synod
Johannes Rau religiousDenomination Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Protestant church Oggersheim servesCommunity Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
this entity surface form: Protestant community of Oggersheim
Protestant church Oggersheim servesCommunity Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
this entity surface form: Protestant community of Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim
Willibrordi-Dom religiousAffiliation Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Evangelische Stadtkirche Lennep denomination Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Evangelische Stadtkirche Lennep isPartOf Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
this entity surface form: Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland