Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau

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Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau
km² in southern Hesse, parts of Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
HeadquartersDarmstadt
Origin1933
Merger ofProtestant Churches of Hesse, Nassau and Frankfurt
Members1,446,971 (2020)
27,3% of total population[1]
Official websitewww.ekhn.de
Karte der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassau

The Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau (

Frankfurt am Main
.

Dating back to the union in the

Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
.

Management and Administration

General synod (2009)

Institutions of the EKHN are the Church Synod, the church leadership and the church president, who is elected by the General Synod for eight years.

Church Presidents

Volker Jung [de], president from 2009

History

The Protestant Church of Hesse and Nassau was founded in 1946 and 1947 through a merger of three other formerly independent churches: Protestant Church in Hesse, Protestant Church in Nassau, Protestant Church in Frankfurt.

Academy

The church ran an Evangelical Academy in Arnoldshain [de], which was moved to Frankfurt in 2013.[3]

Practices

blessing of same-sex unions were allowed in 2013.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020 EKD, November 2021
  2. ^ http://www.reformierter-bund.de/side.php?news_id=113&part_id=0&navi=1 www.reformierter-bund.de/side.php?news_id=113&part_id=0&navi=1
  3. ^ "Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt". evangelische-akademie.de. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  4. ^ "EKHN.de: Segnung gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare (German)". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2017-11-19.

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