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Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck

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Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck
Abbreviation	EKKW
Type	Landeskirche, member of the Protestant Church in Germany
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	United Protestant (Lutheran & Reformed)
Leader	Bishop Beate Hofmann
Associations	Union Evangelischer Kirchen, Reformed Alliance
Region	~ 10.000 km² in northern and eastern Hesse, 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://www.ekkw.de/

The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (German: Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck; EKKW) is a United Protestant church body in former Hesse-Cassel and the Waldeck part of the former Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont.

Constitution[edit]

The EKKW is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) and the Reformed Alliance,^[2] and is based on the teachings presented by Martin Luther during the Reformation. Their bishop is since October 1, 2019 Beate Hofmann. The bishop's preaching venue is the MartinskircheinKassel. It is a Protestant church united in administration, comprising Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), and Protestant union congregations upholding Calvinist (Reformed) and Lutheran traditions. 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 women and blessing of same-sex marriages were allowed.^[3][4][5]

References[edit]

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, 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).

External links[edit]

• Official Website by Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck

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