Abbreviation EKKW Leader Bishop Martin Hein | Classification Protestant | |
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Type Landeskirche, member of the Evangelical Church in Germany Orientation United Protestant (Lutheran & Reformed) Region ~ 10.000 km² in northern and eastern Hesse, Schmalkalden in Thuringia Associations Union of Evangelical Churches, Reformed Alliance | ||
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, 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.
Practices
Ordination of women and blessing of same-sex unions were allowed.