Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck

Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck
Abbreviation EKKW
Type Landeskirche
Classification United protestant church
Leader Bishop Martin Hein
Associations Union Evangelischer Kirchen, Reformed Alliance
Region ~ 10.000 km² in northern and eastern Hesse, Schmalkalden in Thuringia
Headquarters Kassel, Germany
Origin 1934
Branched from Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland
Merger of Protestant Churches of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck
Members 885.666 (2012)
~ 50% of total population
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 Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the Reformed Alliance,[1] and is based on the teachings presented by Martin Luther during the Reformation. Their Bishop is Martin Hein. 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.

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  1. http://www.reformierter-bund.de/side.php?news_id=113&part_id=0&navi=1 www.reformierter-bund.de/side.php?news_id=113&part_id=0&navi=1

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