- Source: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe) is a Lutheran member church (Landeskirche) of the Protestant Church in Germany. It covers the former principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and seated in Bückeburg.
The church has 48,171 members and is one of the smallest regional Protestant churches in Germany. The church is one of the members of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD) and of the Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony. The ordination of women and blessing of same-sex marriages has been allowed.
Bishops
1949–1966: Wilhelm Henke
1966–1979: Johann Gottfried Maltusch
1979–1991: Joachim Heubach
1991–2001: Heinrich Herrmanns
2001–2009: Jürgen Johannesdotter
2009–: Karl-Hinrich Manzke
References
External links
Official Homepage - Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Schaumburg-Lippe (Ger.)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Evangelical Church in Germany
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Lutheran World Federation
- Church of Lippe
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg
- Homosexuality and Lutheranism
- List of Lutheran denominations
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia
