Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt

The Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Basel-Stadt (literally: Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt) is a Reformed denomination in the canton of Basel-Stadt. In 2004 it had 51,000 members in six German parishes with 3 German speaking congregations, one Italian one French Reformed congregation [1] and 49 ordained clergy. Member of the Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund[2] and the Conference of Churches on the Rhine.

The church was established by Johannes Oekolampad in 1529. For 400 years was the state church in Basel.[3][4]

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