The Protestant Federation of France (''Fédération protestante de France'') is a religious organisation created on 25 October 1905, which united the main
Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
Christian groupings in
France
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. The current president is Christian Krieger, who took over from previous president François Clavairoly in 2022.
Federation
The Protestant Federation of France may be further divided as follows:
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Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
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Reformed
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Evangelical
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...
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Pentecostal
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement
Exhaustive list (2019) of Churches or unions of Churches which are members of the PFF:
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United Protestant Church of France
The United Protestant Church of France (french: Église protestante unie de France) is the main and largest Protestant church in France, created in 2013 through the unification of the Reformed Church of France and the Evangelical Lutheran Church o ...
(EPUF, '), 2013 union of the
Reformed Church of France
The Reformed Church of France (french: Église réformée de France, ERF) was the main Protestant denomination in France with a Calvinist orientation that could be traced back directly to John Calvin. In 2013, the Church merged with the Evangel ...
(ERF) and the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in France (EELF)
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Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine (UEPAL, '), 2006 union of the
(EPCAAL) and the
Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine
The Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine (french: Église protestante réformée d'Alsace et de Lorraine (EPRAL); german: Reformierte Kirche von Elsass und Lothringen; gsw-FR, d'Reformierta Kìrch vum Elsàss ùn Lothringa) is a Cal ...
(EPRAL)
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(UNEPREF, ', formerly EREI)
* (FEEBF)
* de France (MPEF)
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Salvation Army (AdS, Armée du Salut)
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Malagasy Protestant Church in France (FPMA, ')
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Communauté des Églises d'expressions africaines en France (CEAF)
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Union of the Church of God in France (UEDF, ')
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* Union des Églises évangéliques de
Réveil The Réveil (French for "revival", "awakening") of 1814 was a revival movement within the Swiss Reformed Church of western Switzerland and some Reformed communities in southeastern France.
The supporters were also called pejoratively ''momiers''. ...
(UEER)
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Church of the Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelicalism, evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, Lenexa within Johnson Cou ...
(UEPN, ')
* (CEEF)
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Communion d'Églises protestantes évangéliques (CÉPÉE)
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International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
The Foursquare Church is an Evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1923 by preacher Aimee Semple McPherson. The headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States.
History
The church has its origins in a vision of ...
(UEPFF, '
* (UAPM)
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Seventh-day Adventist Church (UFA, '
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Église de Pentecôte de France (EPF)
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Église Hillsong de Paris
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Fédération des Églises coréennes en France (FECF)
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Union d'Assemblées de Dieu membre de la FPF (ADFP)
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Armenian Evangelical Church
The Armenian Evangelical Church ( hy, Հայաստանեայց Աւետարանական Եկեղեցի) was established on July 1, 1846, by thirty-seven men and three women in Constantinople.
History
In the 19th century there was an intellectua ...
(UEEAF, )
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Union de l’Église évangélique méthodiste de France (UEEMF)
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Union des Églises protestantes évangéliques Horizon (UEPEH)
; Associated members
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Agapé - France
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Communauté d'Églises protestantes francophones (Ceeefe)
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German Protestant Church in Paris (')
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Japanese Protestant Church (')
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Église protestante évangélique de Rochefort
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American Church in Paris
The American Church in Paris (formerly the American Chapel in Paris) was the first American church established outside the United States. It traces its roots back to 1814, and the present church building - located at 65 Quai d'Orsay in the 7th ...
(')
* (')
; Former members
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Apostolic Church (EA, ')
In all, the federation unites 23 churches or unions of churches, as well as 81 associations which represent about 500 communities, institutions and movements.
The member churches of the PFF comprise some 1,268 parishes, 1,065 pastors (of which 196 are women). 900,000 Protestants belong to the member Churches.
The churches cooperate in variety of sectors: childcare, care of the elderly, social and medical action, holidays and outings in the community, education, communication, art, international relations, development.
Presidents
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Édouard Gruner (1905-1927)
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Émile Morel (1927-1929)
# Rev.
Marc Boegner
Marc Boegner, commonly known as ''pasteur'' Boegner (; 21 February 1881 – 18 December 1970), was a theologian, pastor, essayist, notable member of the French Resistance and a notable voice in the ecumenical movement.
Biography
Marc Boegner w ...
(1929-1961)
# Rev.
Charles Westphal (1961-1970)
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Jean Courvoisier (1970-1977)
# Rev.
Jacques Maury
Jacques Maury (10 November 1920 – 12 April 2020) was a French pastor.
Biography
Jacques was the son of Pierre Maury, a dogmatic professor at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris. Pierre Maury introduced the ideas of Karl Barth in France. ...
(1977-1987)
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Jacques Stewart (1987-1997)
# Rev.
Jean Tartier (1997-1999)
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Jean-Arnold de Clermont (1999-2007)
# Rev.
Claude Baty (2007-2013)
# Rev. François Clavairoly (September 2013 - June 2022)
# Rev. Christian Krieger (July 2022 - present)
See also
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Lyon Anglican Church
External links
Official site* The ''Maison du protestantisme'' is at coordinates
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History of Protestantism in France
Christian organizations established in 1905
Protestant denominations established in the 20th century
1905 establishments in France