Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick (German: Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig) is a Lutheran church in the German states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick

The seat of the

Community of Protestant Churches in Europe, the Lutheran World Federation, and the World Council of Churches. It is linked with the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn.[2] Leading bishop of the church is Christoph Meyns (since 2014). The Church of Brunswick owns about 480 churches; the most famous of these is Brunswick Cathedral
.

History

The Church of Brunswick originated as the state church (German: Landeskirche) of the

Protestant Reformation was ultimately introduced in 1568. The ruling duke acted as bishop of the church. In 1704, Wolfenbüttel introduced religious tolerance, so that parishes not belonging to the state church could be founded. After the monarchy was abolished in 1918, the Church of Brunswick became an independent organization, but retained — like all former state churches — certain privileges. In 1922 the Brunswickian church counted 464,000 parishioners.[3]

Practices

blessing of same-sex unions are allowed.[4]

Bishops

Mission

The

Südheide
. Since 2003 Pastor Martina Helmer-Pham Xuan has been the director of the mission.

Notes

  1. ^ "Statistik". Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig. Archived from the original on June 9, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Link Diocese". The Diocese of Blackburn. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ISBN 3-525-61362-8
    .
  4. ^ Protestant Lutheran State Church of Brunswick Archived August 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

External links

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