Evangelical Church of Westphalia

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The Protestant Church of Westphalia (German : Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen, EKvW) is a United Protestant church body in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Lutheran Church of Westphalia

The seat of the praeses (German : Präses, the head of the church) is Bielefeld. The EKvW emerged on 13 June 1945, when the ecclesiastical province of Westphalia within the Lutheran Church of the old-Prussian Union assumed its independence as church body of its own. The EKvW is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), and the Reformed Alliance [1] and is a church whose bases are in a Union between parishes in Lutheran and Calvinistic traditions. The church is also a member of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe. Präses (president) of the EKvW is Annette Kurschus (2012), as its first female leader.

Präses (President)

Practices

The church permits the ordination of women. Blessing of same-sex marriages has been allowed from 2019. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Geschichte". Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014. www.reformierter-bund.de/side.php?news_id=113&part_id=0&navi=1
  2. ↑ Landeskirche Westfalen:Neu: Trauung auch für gleichgeschlechtliche Ehepaare und konfessionslose Ehepartner, „Gottes Segen gilt für alle Ehepaare“ Archived 2020-04-23 at the Wayback Machine , 20 November 2019
  3. ↑ Evangelisch.de: Westfälische Kirche stellt Trauung von Homo-Paaren mit Ehe gleich Archived 2020-04-23 at the Wayback Machine , 20. November 2019
  4. ↑ Neue Westfälische Nachrichten: Landeskirche von Westfalen stellt Homosexuelle vor Traualtar gleich Archived 2019-11-21 at the Wayback Machine , 20 November 2019

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