Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church)

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Calvinist denomination Protestant regional church Reformed church body member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany

The Evangelical Reformed Church is a small Calvinist member church within the Evangelical Church in Germany, rooted in the Reformed tradition and serving congregations primarily in northwestern Germany.

Aliases (1)

German Reformed churches ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Calvinist denomination → Protestant regional church → Reformed church body → member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany →
abbreviation	ERK →
allows	ordination of women →
churchmanship	Reformed →
classification	small Protestant regional church in Germany →
clergyTitle	pastor →
confessionalBasis	Apostles’ Creed → Athanasian Creed → Heidelberg Catechism → Nicene Creed → Second Helvetic Confession →
country	Germany →
denominationalFamily	Protestant Christianity → surface form: "Protestantism"
doctrine	Trinitarian →
ecclesiasticalStatus	full member church of the EKD →
ecumenicalOrientation	ecumenical →
governanceType	presbyterian-synodal →
hasLaityParticipation	elected presbyters in congregations →
historicalRoots	Dutch Reformation → surface form: "Calvinist Reformation" Continental Reformed tradition →
languageOfWorship	German →
liturgicalStyle	Reformed liturgy →
memberOf	Community of Protestant Churches in Europe → Evangelical Church in Germany → Reformed Alliance in Germany → World Communion of Reformed Churches →
orientation	mainline Protestant →
partOf	Evangelical Church in Germany →
polity	synodal →
primaryRegionServed	Bentheim → East Frisia → Lower Saxony → northwestern Germany →
religiousTradition	Reformed →
sacramentalTheology	Reformed view of the Lord’s Supper → infant baptism →
scripture	Bible →
scriptureLanguage	German translations of the Bible →
theology	Calvinism →
websiteLanguage	German →
worshipDay	Sunday →

Referenced by (2)

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

Evangelical Church in Germany → hasRegionalChurches → Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) →

Second Helvetic Confession → influenced → Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) →

this entity surface form: "German Reformed churches"