Evangelical Church in Germany - Member Churches (since 2012)

Member Churches (since 2012)

The umbrella of the Evangelical Church in Germany comprises 20 regional churches, two Reformed (Calvinist), nine Lutheran and 11 united (Lutheran-Reformed) bodies. These bodies are termed Landeskirchen ("Regional Churches") though in most cases, their territories do not correspond to the current federal states, but rather to former duchies, electorates and provinces or mergers thereof.

  1. Evangelical Church of Anhalt (Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts), a united church body in Anhalt
  2. Evangelical Church in Baden (Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden), a united church body in Baden
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern), a Lutheran church body in Bavaria
  4. Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (Evangelische Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz), a united church body in Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia merged in 2004 from:
    • Evangelische Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg
    • Evangelische Kirche der schlesischen Oberlausitz
  5. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig), a Lutheran church body in Brunswick
  6. Evangelical Church of Bremen (Bremische Evangelische Kirche), a united church body in Bremen
  7. Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Hannovers), a Lutheran church body in Hanover
  8. Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau (Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau), a united church body in Hesse and Nassau
  9. Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck (Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck), a united church body in former Hesse-Cassel and Waldeck
  10. Church of Lippe (Lippische Landeskirche), a Reformed church body of Lippe
  11. Evangelical Church in Central Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Mitteldeutschland), a united church body that was created in 2009 from the merger of:
    • Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony (Evangelische Kirche der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen) (Province of Saxony)
    • Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Thuringia (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Thüringen) (Thuringia)
  12. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany Evangelische Lutherische Kirche in Norddeutschland), a lutheran church body that was created in 2012 from the merger of:
    • North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Nordelbische Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche), a Lutheran church body in Northern Germany
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Mecklenburgs), a Lutheran church body in Mecklenburg
    • Pomeranian Evangelical Church (Pommersche Evangelische Kirche), a united church body in Pomerania
  13. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Oldenburg), a Lutheran church body in Oldenburg
  14. Evangelical Church of the Palatinate (Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz) or Protestantische Landeskirche, a united church body in Palatinate
  15. Evangelical Church in the Rhineland (Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland), a united church body in the Rhineland
  16. Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens), a Lutheran church body in Saxony
  17. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe), a Lutheran church body in Schaumburg-Lippe
  18. Evangelical Church of Westphalia (Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen), a united church body in Westphalia
  19. Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg (Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg), a Lutheran church body in Württemberg
  20. Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany (Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche - Synode evangelisch-reformierter Kirchen in Bayern und Nordwestdeutschland), a Reformed church body, covering the territories of No. 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14, 18, and 19

The Moravian Church and the Federation of Evangelical Reformed Congregations are associate members.

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