The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant regional churches and denominations in Germany, which collectively encompasses the vast majority of Protestants in that country. In 2020, the EKD had a membership of 20,236,000 members, or 24.3% of the German population. It constitutes one of the largest national Protestant bodies in the world. Church offices managing the federation are located in Hannover-Herrenhausen, Lower Saxony. Many of its members consider themselves Lutherans.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia was a Lutheran member church of the umbrella Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). The seat of the church was in Eisenach. The church covered those parts of the state of Thuringia that were not part of the former Province of Saxony. It was the largest Protestant denomination in this area.
Lutheran viewpoints concerning homosexuality are diverse because there is no one worldwide body which represents all Lutherans. The Lutheran World Federation, a worldwide 'communion of churches' and the largest global body of Lutherans, contains member churches on both sides of the issue. However, other Lutherans, including the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference and International Lutheran Council, completely reject homosexuality.
Harbison Township is one of twelve townships in Dubois County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,588 and it contained 690 housing units.
The Erste Deutsche Evangelische Kirche, also known as First United Church of Christ, is located at 160 Madison Avenue, Elmira, New York. Construction of the church started in 1898, and finished the following year. The church served the large German American population of Elmira. It is significant for its Rhenish Romanesque architecture. The church and its parsonage were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The Lutheran Church in Ireland is a Lutheran church, operating across the island of Ireland.
Zion-St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, formerly known as Deutsche Evangelische Kirche von Yorkville and Zion Lutheran Church, is a historic Lutheran church at 339-341 East 84th Street in Yorkville, Manhattan, New York City. The congregation is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Seward County, Nebraska. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
First Lutheran in Houston is a historic Lutheran church at 1311 Holman Street in Houston, Texas. It is part of the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). The current church building was constructed in 1927 in a Lombard Romanesque style. The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
St. Paul's United Church of Christ of Laramie was founded in 1886 as the first German language congregation in Wyoming. The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The cornerstone was laid on July 13, 1890, three days after statehood. Clergy from Chicago and the local Christian, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian and Baptist Churches participated in the ceremony, with an address by Dr. John Wesley Hoyt, former Governor of Wyoming Territory and at the time first president of the University of Wyoming. The building was completed and dedicated on January 18, 1891. It is the oldest church structure in Laramie continuously used by the same congregation. With its stained glass windows and heavy wooden furnishings, St. Paul's is reminiscent of rural German churches. Those elaborate windows and its many simplified Gothic elements make the building unique among Lutheran churches in Wyoming.
The German Evangelical Church Confederation was a formal federation of 28 regional Protestant churches (Landeskirchen) of Lutheran, Reformed or United Protestant administration or confession. It existed during the Weimar Republic from 1922 until being replaced by the German Evangelical Church in 1933. It was a predecessor body to the Evangelical Church in Germany.
The German Evangelical St. Johns Church on Church Avenue in Hebron, North Dakota, also known as the Deutsche Evangelische St. Johannes Kirche, is now known as St. John United Church of Christ. The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Evangelische Lutherische Emanuels Kirche, also known as Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church and Hill Church, is a historic Lutheran church complex and national historic district located near Dubois in Harbison Township, Dubois County, Indiana. The main church was built in 1901, and is a one-story, rectangular High Victorian Gothic style frame building. It has a front gable roof and rests on a stone foundation. It features a large steeple structure consisting of a square tower, octagonal drum, and spire. Also on the property are the contributing cemetery, schoolhouse (1889), and parsonage (1891).
The St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Lyons, Nebraska, was built in 1902. Also known as Deutsche Ev. Luth. St. Johannes Kirche, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The listing included two contributing buildings and a contributing site. The location of the site is not disclosed by the National Register. The building has been termed "an excellent example of a German folk version of the Gothic Revival style" and described as "one of the finest and least altered frame churches in Nebraska."
Störmthal is a village, part of Großpösna in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany. It is known for its church in Baroque style. The organ, an early work by Zacharias Hildebrandt, was played and inaugurated by Johann Sebastian Bach and is still in mostly the condition of Bach's time.
Deutsch Evangelische St. Paul's Kirche is a historic Evangelical Protestant church located at Santa Claus, Spencer County, Indiana. It was built in 1880, and is a one-story, wood-frame building sheathed in clapboard siding. It sits on a sandstone block foundation and has a gable roof. It features a square bell tower with steeple measuring 70 feet tall. The building was moved to Santa Claus Park in 2012.
Jefferson Historic District is a national historic district located at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 161 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 22 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Lafayette. It developed between about 1853 and 1951 and includes representative examples of Italianate, Greek Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the Deutsche Evangelische Kirche (1905), Isador Metzger House, Hubert Gilmartin House, B.F. Biggs Pump Factory Building, Deutsche Methodist Kirche (1885), Herman & Mary Fletemeyer House, Mohr House, Warrenberg-Reule Double House, Alfred Gaddis House, Wabash Valley House (1862), Haywood Tag Company Building (1928), and Jefferson High School (1927).
The Liederkranz hall is a historic building in Grand Island, Nebraska. It was built in 1911-1912 for the local Liederkranz, or German-language choir, founded in 1870. Moreover, "All meetings, programs, etc. were conducted in German until World War I when English became the official language." The building was designed in the Classical Revival style by architect Oscar Kirche. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 30, 1978. It is the only Liederkranz in Nebraska.
The Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherische Zion Kirche, also known as Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Marysville, is a historic church building in Staplehurst, Nebraska. It was built in 1917 "as the culmination of the fund-raising efforts of farmers in rural Seward County." It was designed in the Late Gothic Revival style by George A. Berlinghof and Ellery L. Davis. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 25, 1982.
The Protestant Church in Borgholzhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is the church of the Lutheran parish there, which belongs to the Halle district of the Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen. The building dates back to the 14th century. It features a unique carved stone altarpiece from 1501.
