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Evangelical Church of Hessen Electorate-Waldeck

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Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck
Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck
AbbreviationEKKW
TypeLandeskirche, member of theEvangelical Church in Germany
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationUnited Protestant (Lutheran &Reformed)
LeaderBishopBeate Hofmann
AssociationsUnion Evangelischer Kirchen,Reformed Alliance
Region~ 10.000 km² in northern and easternHesse,Schmalkalden inThuringia
HeadquartersKassel,Germany
Origin1934
Merger ofEvangelical Churches of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck
Members767.149 (2020)
41,4% of total population[1]
Official websitehttps://www.ekkw.de/
Karte der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck

TheEvangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck (German:Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck;EKKW) is aUnited Protestant church body in formerHesse-Cassel and the Waldeck part of the formerFree State of Waldeck-Pyrmont.

Constitution

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St. Martin's Church in Kassel

The EKKW is a full member of theEvangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and theReformed Alliance,[2] and is based on the teachings presented byMartin Luther during theReformation. Since October 1, 2019, the bishop isBeate Hofmann. The bishop's preaching venue isSt. Martin's Church inKassel. It's a Protestant churchunited in administration, comprising Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), and Protestant union congregations upholdingCalvinist (Reformed) andLutheran traditions. The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck is one of 20 churches within the EKD.

Bishops

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  • 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

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The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck was founded in 1934 through a merger of two other formerly independent churches: the Evangelical Church of Hesse-Kassel and the Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Waldeck part).

Practices

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Ordination of women andblessing of same-sex marriages were allowed.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020Archived 2021-12-21 at theWayback Machine EKD, November 2021
  2. ^"Geschichte". Archived fromthe original on April 13, 2014. RetrievedApril 13, 2014. www.reformierter-bund.de/side.php?news_id=113&part_id=0&navi=1
  3. ^Wiesbadener Tagblatt:Synode billigt Segnung homosexueller Paare (german)[dead link]
  4. ^"Osthessen-News:Synode für öffentliche Segnung von Paaren in eingetragenen Lebenspartnerschaft".Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved2016-10-27.
  5. ^Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck.de: Traugesetz gilt in Kurhessen-Waldeck künftig auch für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare (german)Archived 2018-05-09 at theWayback Machine, 2018

Sources

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  • 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,ISBN 978-3-931849-28-3 (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,ISBN 3-920310-40-3 (Monographia Hassiae 10).

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