Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck | |
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Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck | |
Abbreviation | EKKW |
Type | Landeskirche, member of the Protestant Church in Germany |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | United Protestant (Lutheran & Reformed) |
Leader | Bishop Beate Hofmann |
Associations | Union Evangelischer Kirchen, Reformed Alliance |
Region | ~ 10.000 km² in northern and eastern Hesse, Schmalkalden in Thuringia |
Headquarters | Kassel, Germany |
Origin | 1934 |
Merger of | Protestant Churches of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck |
Members | 767.149 (2020) 41,4% of total population[1] |
Official website | http://www.ekkw.de/ |
The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck (German: Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck; EKKW) is a United Protestant church body in former Hesse-Cassel and the Waldeck part of the former Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont.
The EKKW is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) and the Reformed Alliance,[2] and is based on the teachings presented by Martin Luther during the Reformation. Their Bishop is since October 1, 2019 Beate Hofmann. The bishop's preaching venue is the Martinskirche in Kassel. It is a Protestant church united in administration, comprising Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), and Protestant union congregations upholding Calvinist (Reformed) and Lutheran traditions. The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck is one of 20 churches within the EKD.
The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck was founded in 1934 through a merger of two other formerly independent churches: the Evangelical Church of Electoral Hesse and the Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Waldeck part).
Ordination of women and blessing of same-sex marriages were allowed.[3][4][5]
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