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The Protestant Church in Germany (German: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD), formerly known in English as the Evangelical Church in Germany, is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional Churches in Germany, collectively encompassing the vast majority of the country's Protestants.
The German Evangelical Church ( German: Deutsche Evangelische Kirche) was a successor to the German Protestant Church Confederation from 1933 until 1945. It is also known in English as the Protestant Reich Church ( German: Evangelische Reichskirche) and colloquially as the Reich Church ( German: Reichskirche ).
The Evangelical Church in Germany, federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United (a combination of Lutheran and Reformed) territorial churches in Germany. Organized in 1948 after the difficult years of the Nazi era (1933–45), it helped the German Protestant churches restore themselves, and it reestablished relations with churches outside of Germany.
The Protestant Church in Germany, formerly known in English as the Evangelical Church in Germany, is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional Churches in Germany, collectively encompassing the vast majority of the country's Protestants.
The Protestant Evangelical Church in Germany (German: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated EKD) is a group of 20 regional churches. They are made up of two Reformed ( Calvinist ), 9 Lutheran and 9 United (Lutheran-Reformed) churches.
The network connecting the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) with other churches worldwide runs around the whole globe. The EKD cooperates in the World Council of Churches with almost 350 Christian churches. It is a member of numerous ecumenical committees and maintains special relations with churches in Europe and individual countries.
In 2016, the German General Social Survey found that 64.5% of Germans declared themselves to be affiliated to a Christian denomination, 30.5% were Catholics, 29.6% were members of the Evangelical Church, 1.7% were members of the Evangelical Free Church, 1.4% were Orthodox and 1.3% were other Christians. Non religious people comprised the 32.4% ...
