Evangelical Church of Hessen Electorate-Waldeck
Church in Germany
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The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-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.
| Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck | |
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| Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck | |
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| Abbreviation | EKKW |
| Type | Landeskirche, member of the Evangelical 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, Schmalkalden in Thuringia |
| Headquarters | Kassel, Germany |
| Origin | 1934 |
| Merger of | Evangelical Churches of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck |
| Members | 687.526 (2024) 37,5% of total population[1] |
| Official website | https://www.ekkw.de/ |
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Constitution
The EKKW is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the Reformed Alliance,[2] and is based on the teachings presented by Martin Luther during the Reformation. Since October 1, 2019, the bishop is Beate Hofmann. The bishop's preaching venue is St. Martin's Church in Kassel. It's a Protestant church united in administration, comprising Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), and Protestant union congregations upholding Calvinist (Reformed) and Lutheran traditions. The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck is one of 20 churches within the EKD.
Bishops
- 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
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
Ordination of women and blessing of same-sex marriages were allowed.[3][4][5]
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