Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
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Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck | |
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Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck | |
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Abbreviation | EKKW |
Type | Landeskirche,member of theProtestant Church in Germany |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | United Protestant(Lutheran&Reformed) |
Leader | BishopBeate Hofmann |
Associations | Union Evangelischer Kirchen,Reformed Alliance |
Region | ~ 10.000 km² in northern and easternHesse,SchmalkaldeninThuringia |
Headquarters | Kassel,Germany |
Origin | 1934 |
Merger of | Protestant Churches of Hessen-Kassel and Waldeck |
Members | 767.149 (2020) 41,4% of total population[1] |
Official website | https:// ekkw.de/ |
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TheEvangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck(German:Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck;EKKW) is aUnited Protestantchurch body in formerHesse-Casseland the Waldeck part of the formerFree State of Waldeck-Pyrmont.
Constitution[edit]
The EKKW is a full member of theProtestant Church in Germany(EKD) and theReformed Alliance,[2]and is based on the teachings presented byMartin Lutherduring theReformation.Their bishop is since October 1, 2019Beate Hofmann.The bishop's preaching venue is theMartinskircheinKassel.It is a Protestant churchunited in administration,comprising Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), and Protestant union congregations upholdingCalvinist(Reformed) andLutherantraditions. The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck is one of 20 churches within the EKD.
Bishops[edit]
- 1924–1934: Heinrich Möller
- June–December 1934: Karl Theys
- 1935–1945: Friedrich Happich,
- 1945–1963: Adolf Wüstemann
- 1963–1978: Erich Vellmer
- 1978–1991: Hans-Gernot Jung
- 1991–1992: Erhard Giesler
- 1992–2000: Christian Zippert
- 2000–2019:Martin Hein
- 2019–:Beate Hofmann
History[edit]
The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck was founded in 1934 through a merger of two other formerly independent churches: the Evangelical Church of Hessen-Kassel and the Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Waldeck part).
Practices[edit]
Ordination of womenandblessing of same-sex marriageswere allowed.[3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ^Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020Archived2021-12-21 at theWayback MachineEKD, November 2021
- ^"Geschichte".Archived fromthe originalon April 13, 2014.RetrievedApril 13,2014.reformierter-bund.de/side.php?news_id=113&part_id=0&navi=1
- ^Wiesbadener Tagblatt:Synode billigt Segnung homosexueller Paare (german)[dead link]
- ^"Osthessen-News:Synode für öffentliche Segnung von Paaren in eingetragenen Lebenspartnerschaft".Archivedfrom the original on 2012-04-20.Retrieved2016-10-27.
- ^Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck.de: Traugesetz gilt in Kurhessen-Waldeck künftig auch für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare (german)Archived2018-05-09 at theWayback Machine,2018
Sources[edit]
- Michael Hederich:Um die Freiheit der Kirche. Geschichte der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck.Evangelischer Presseverband Kurhessen-Waldeck, Kassel 1972 (Monographia Hassiae 1, ISSN 0720-4671).
- Sebastian Parker:Die Marburger Konferenz. Fusionspläne und Zusammenarbeit hessischer evangelischer Landeskirchen im 20. Jahrhundert.Verlag der Hessische Kirchengeschichtlichen Vereinigung, Darmstadt u. a. 2008,ISBN978-3-931849-28-3(Quellen und Studien zur hessischen Kirchengeschichte 16), (Zugleich: Darmstadt, Techn. Hochsch., Magisterarbeit, 2004).
- Karl Schilling:Der Zusammenschluss der Landeskirchen Waldeck und Hessen-Kassel.In: Waldeckischer Landeskalender. 2009 (2008), ZDB-ID 513652-0, S. 80–92.
- Dieter Waßmann:Waldeck. Geschichte einer Landeskirche.Evangelischer Presseverband Kurhessen-Waldeck, Kassel 1984,ISBN3-920310-40-3(Monographia Hassiae 10).
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