Regional Lutheran church body of Saxony, Germany
TheEvangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), covering most of the state ofSaxony . Its headquarters are inDresden , and the seat of the bishop (styled Bishop of Saxony)[ 1] Meissen Cathedral . Prior to the propagation ofstate atheism in theGerman Democratic Republic (East Germany), it was the largestEvangelical Lutheran church inGermany .[ 2]
Cathedral Meißen The church has 610,503 parishioners in 319 parishes (as of December 31, 2022).[ 3]
Historically, the church's organisation became an example for otherProtestant churches to be founded throughoutEurope , the so-called "Saxon model" of a church as introduced byMartin Luther . It was closely tied to the state, whereby theElector of Saxony protected the evangelical faith in his jurisdiction. Since the Reformation, theLutheran orthodoxy (the "purest form" ofLutheranism ) prevailed among the general population in Saxony and was secured first by itsErnestine and laterAlbertine Wettin rulers. Beginning in the 17th century,Pietism also gained a significant following, especially among the working class.
In 2019,Carsten Rentzing , bishop of the church since 2015, resigned his position after controversy arose about his connections to far-right parties and groups.[ 4]
1922: 4,509,000,[ 6] 2012: 764,000 2013: 754,451[ 7] 2015: 713,648[ 8] 2017: 689,858[ 9] 2018: 677,064[ 10] 2019: 663,525[ 11] 2020: 647,238[ 12] Ordination of women andblessing of same-sex unions were allowed.[ 13]
^ The Bishop's title on his/her ownhome page Archived 2016-12-20 at theWayback Machine . ^ Sebastian Müller-Rolli in collaboration with Reiner Anselm:Evangelische Schulpolitik in Deutschland 1918–1958: Dokumente und Darstellung (Eine Veröffentlichung des Comenius-Instituts Münster). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999,ISBN 3-525-61362-8 ^ "Statistik: Fakten und Zahlen" . Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens.Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved2020-11-15 .^ Greifenstein, Philipp (12 October 2019)."Carsten Rentzing: Warum der Bischof zurücktritt" .Die Eule (in German).Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved15 October 2019 . ^ Evangelisch.de: Tobias Bilz ^ Sebastian Müller-Rolli in collaboration with Reiner Anselm,Evangelische Schulpolitik in Deutschland 1918–1958: Dokumente und Darstellung , Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1999, (=Eine Veröffentlichung des Comenius-Instituts Münster), p. 29.ISBN 3-525-61362-8 ^ The Lutheran World Federation – 2013 Membership Figures Archived 2014-04-07 at theWayback Machine Lutheran World^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland - Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31.12.2015 Archived 2017-02-02 at theWayback Machine EKD Januar 2017^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland - Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31.12.2017 Archived 2019-01-13 at theWayback Machine ekd.de^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2018 Archived 2020-02-19 at theWayback Machine EKD, January 2020^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2019 Archived 2020-12-07 at theWayback Machine EKD, October 2020^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020 Archived 2021-12-21 at theWayback Machine EKD, November 2021^ Evlks.de:„Segnung von Paaren in Eingetragener Lebenspartnerschaft“ in Sachsen möglich (German) Archived 2016-10-19 at theWayback Machine , 18 October 2016
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