Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau

E47122

Member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany United Protestant regional church

The Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau is a regional Protestant church body in western Germany that forms part of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

Aliases (1)

Evangelical Church in Hesse ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany → United Protestant regional church →
abbreviation	EKHN →
allows	Blessing of same-sex couples → Ordination of women →
churchPolity	Presbyterian-synodal →
country	Germany →
dateOfFormation	1947 →
follows	Augsburg Confession → Heidelberg Catechism → Lutheran confessional writings → Reformed confessional writings →
formedByMergerOf	Evangelical Church in Hesse → Evangelical Church in Nassau → Protestant Church in Frankfurt am Main →
hasExecutiveBody	Church leadership (Kirchenleitung) →
hasGoverningBody	Synod of the Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau →
hasLeaderTitle	Church president →
hasMainCathedral	Mainz Cathedral (shared use for Protestant services in the region) →
hasMissionFocus	Diaconal work → Ecumenism → Education and youth work →
hasParishes	Lutheran parishes → Reformed parishes → United Protestant parishes →
hasSubOrganization	Deaneries → Parishes →
hasTerritorialJurisdiction	Parts of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse → Parts of the former Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau →
headquarters	Darmstadt NERFINISHED →
languageUsed	German →
memberOf	Community of Protestant Churches in Europe → Conference of Churches on the Rhine → Evangelical Mission in Solidarity → Evangelical Youth in Germany structures → Union of Evangelical Churches → World Council of Churches →
partOf	Evangelical Church in Germany →
regionServed	Frankfurt am Main → Hesse → Rhineland-Palatinate → Wiesbaden NERFINISHED →
religion	Protestantism →
theology	United Lutheran and Reformed tradition →
typeOfOrganization	Regional church within a federation →
usesLiturgicalCalendar	Protestant liturgical year →
website	https://www.ekhn.de →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau ("Evangelical Church in Hesse") →	formedByMergerOf
Evangelical Church in Germany →	hasRegionalChurches