Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession

The Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (SECAC) (Czech: Slezská církev evangelická augsburského vyznání (SCEAV), Polish: Śląski Kościół Ewangelicki Wyznania Augsburskiego) is the biggest Lutheran Church in the Czech Republic. Its congregations are located mainly in the Czech part of Cieszyn Silesia. A significant number of the followers belong to the Polish ethnic minority. There is a strong heritage of pietism and evangelicalism in the church. In 2009, it reported 15,632 baptized members.^[1]

The church in its present form was established after

Communist regime in Czechoslovakia was pastor Władysław Santarius

.

SECAC is a member of the

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

.

The current bishop is Tomáš Tyrlík.

References

Anonymous (January 1861). "Austrian Silesia. Historical Sketch of the Protestant Church". Evangelical Christendom. 2 [15] (1): 18–21.
Ward, William Reginald (1992). The Protestant Evangelical Awakening. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN 0-521-89232-5
.

^ LWF Statistics 2009 Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] LWF Statistics 2009 Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine

[note_n0-2] Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church

[note_n1-3] Part of the Union of Utrecht

[note_n2-4] Part of the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe

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[a]

[b]

[c]

Eastern Orthodox		Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Catholic	Greek Catholic Church

Latin Church	Roman Catholic Church
Old Catholic^[a]	Old Catholic Church^[b]

United	Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren^[c]
Lutheran	Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession^[c]
Calvinist	Church of the Brethren
Baptist	Unity of the Brethren Baptists
Pentecostal	Apostolic Church

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States Czech Republic

See also

References

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