Evangelical Church of Westphalia
Template:Short description The Protestant Church of Westphalia (Template:Langx) is a United Protestant church body in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The seat of the praeses (Template:Langx, 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)
- 1834–1835: Jakob von der Kuhlen
- 1835–1841: Christian Nonne
- 1841–1843: Bernhard Jacobi
- 1844–1874: Wilhelm Diedrich Albert
- 1874–1902: Ludwig Polscher
- 1902–1914: Friedrich König
- 1914–1927: Heinrich Kockelke
- 1927–1949: Karl Koch (until 1934 Präses der Provinzialsynode, 1934–1945 of Bekenntnissynode, since 1945 of synode)
- 1949–1968: Ernst Wilm
- 1969–1977: Hans Thimme
- 1977–1985: Heinrich Reiß
- 1985–1996: Hans-Martin Linnemann
- 1996–2004: Manfred Sorg
- 2004–2012: Alfred Buß
- 2012–2023: Annette Kurschus
- since 2025: Adelheid Ruck-Schröder[2]
Practices
The church permits the ordination of women. Blessing of same-sex marriages has been allowed from 2019.[3][4][5]
References
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- ↑ Evangelisch.de: Präses Ruck-Schröder ins Amt eingeführt, June 2025
- ↑ Landeskirche Westfalen:Neu: Trauung auch für gleichgeschlechtliche Ehepaare und konfessionslose Ehepartner, „Gottes Segen gilt für alle Ehepaare“ Template:Webarchive, 20 November 2019
- ↑ Evangelisch.de: Westfälische Kirche stellt Trauung von Homo-Paaren mit Ehe gleich Template:Webarchive, 20. November 2019
- ↑ Neue Westfälische Nachrichten: Landeskirche von Westfalen stellt Homosexuelle vor Traualtar gleich Template:Webarchive, 20 November 2019
External links
- Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen (in German)
- Protestant Church in Germany (EKD)
- Evangelical Church of Westphalia, Unionbetweenchristians
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