Evangelical Church of Westphalia

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Lutheran–Reformed united church Protestant regional church member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany

The Evangelical Church of Westphalia is a regional Protestant church body in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran–Reformed united church ⓘ
Protestant regional church ⓘ
member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
abbreviation EKvW ⓘ
allows blessing of same-sex couples (with restrictions, time-dependent) ⓘ
ordination of women ⓘ
allowsOrdinationOf women ⓘ
churchPolity presbyterian-synodal ⓘ
cooperatesWith Catholic Church in Germany ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church in Germany

other member churches of the EKD ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dateFounded 1945 ⓘ
follows Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Barmen Declaration ⓘ
Heidelberg Catechism ⓘ
formedFrom Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (Westphalian province)
governingBody Holy Synod ⓘ
surface form: Kirchenleitung

Landessynode ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms coat of arms of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia ⓘ
hasDiocesesOrDistricts Kirchenkreise ⓘ
hasLeader Annette Kurschus ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Praeses ⓘ
hasMembers over 2 million ⓘ
hasNumberOfDistricts about 26 ⓘ
hasOfficialPublication Unsere Kirche (regional church newspaper) ⓘ
hasParishes over 450 ⓘ
headquarters Bielefeld NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
leaderStartDate 2012 ⓘ
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
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 ⓘ
nativeName Evangelical Church of Westphalia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen
officeHeldBy Annette Kurschus ⓘ
partOf Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
regionServed Lippe ⓘ
surface form: Lippe (parts)

Ruhr area ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr area (parts)

Westphalia ⓘ
theology Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
United Protestantism ⓘ
website https://www.evangelisch-in-westfalen.de ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evangelical Church in Germany → hasRegionalChurches → Evangelical Church of Westphalia ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Westphalia → nativeName → Evangelical Church of Westphalia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen