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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick (German: Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig) is a Lutheran church in the German states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

The seat of the Landesbischof (bishop) is Wolfenbüttel. Its district as a Landeskirche covers the former Free State of Brunswick in the borders of 1945. As of 2020, the church had 311,518 members in 300 parishes. It is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), and is based on the teachings brought forward by Martin Luther during the Reformation. It is also a member of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany, the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe, the Lutheran World Federation, and the World Council of Churches. It is linked with the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn. Leading bishop of the church is Christoph Meyns (since 2014). The Church of Brunswick owns about 480 churches; the most famous of these is Brunswick Cathedral.




History


The Church of Brunswick originated as the state church (German: Landeskirche) of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, where the Protestant Reformation was ultimately introduced in 1568. The ruling duke acted as bishop of the church. In 1704, Wolfenbüttel introduced religious tolerance, so that parishes not belonging to the state church could be founded. After the monarchy was abolished in 1918, the Church of Brunswick became an independent organization, but retained — like all former state churches — certain privileges. In 1922, the Brunswickian church counted 464,000 parishioners.




Practices


Ordination of women and blessing of same-sex unions are allowed.




Bishops


1923–1933 Alexander Bernewitz
1933–1934 Wilhelm Beye (1903–1975)
1934 Oskar Evers (1889–1961)
1934–1947 Helmuth Johnsen
1947–1965 Martin Erdmann
1965–1982 Gerhard Heintze
1982–1994 Gerhard Müller
1994–2002 Christian Krause
2002–May 2014 Friedrich Weber
Since June 2014 Christoph Meyns




Mission


The Evangelical-Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM), which was founded in 1977 as a common organisation for the Evangelical Lutheran State Churches of Brunswick, Hanover and Schaumburg-Lippe, looks after relationships with the overseas partner churches of the Brunswick State Church. The headquarters of the ELM is in Hermannsburg in the Südheide. Since 2003, Pastor Martina Helmer-Pham Xuan has been the director of the mission.




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External links


Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick
Protestant Church in Germany EKD

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Sejarah Gereja Katolik
• Yohanes Calvin
• Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick
• Evangelical Church in Germany
• Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia
• North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Lutheran World Federation
• United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany
• German Protestant Church Confederation