The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (; EKKW) is a
United Protestant church body in former
Hesse-Cassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, also known as the Hessian Palatinate (), was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The state was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided upon ...
and the Waldeck part of the former
Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont.
Constitution
The EKKW is a full member of the
Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) and the
Reformed Alliance, and is based on the teachings presented by
Martin Luther
Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...
during the
Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major Theology, theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the p ...
. Their bishop is since October 1, 2019
Beate Hofmann. The bishop's preaching venue is the ''
Martinskirche'' in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...
. It is a Protestant church
united in administration, comprising Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), and Protestant union congregations upholding
Calvinist
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Protestantism, Continenta ...
(Reformed) and
Lutheran
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
traditions. The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck is one of 20 churches within the EKD.
Bishops
* 1924–1934: Heinrich Möller
* June–December 1934: Karl Theys
* 1935–1945: Friedrich Happich,
* 1945–1963: Adolf Wüstemann
* 1963–1978: Erich Vellmer
* 1978–1991: Hans-Gernot Jung
* 1991–1992: Erhard Giesler
* 1992–2000: Christian Zippert
* 2000–2019:
Martin Hein
* 2019–:
Beate Hofmann
History
The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck was founded in 1934 through a merger of two other formerly independent churches: the Evangelical Church of Hessen-Kassel and the Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Waldeck part).
Practices
Ordination of women
The ordination of women to Minister of religion, ministerial or priestly office is an increasingly common practice among some contemporary major religious groups. It remains a controversial issue in certain religious groups in which ordination ...
and
blessing of same-sex marriages were allowed.
Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck.de: Traugesetz gilt in Kurhessen-Waldeck künftig auch für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare (german)
, 2018
References
Sources
* Michael Hederich: ''Um die Freiheit der Kirche. Geschichte der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck''. Evangelischer Presseverband Kurhessen-Waldeck, Kassel 1972 (Monographia Hassiae 1, ISSN 0720-4671).
* Sebastian Parker: ''Die Marburger Konferenz. Fusionspläne und Zusammenarbeit hessischer evangelischer Landeskirchen im 20. Jahrhundert''. Verlag der Hessische Kirchengeschichtlichen Vereinigung, Darmstadt u. a. 2008, (Quellen und Studien zur hessischen Kirchengeschichte 16), (Zugleich: Darmstadt, Techn. Hochsch., Magisterarbeit, 2004).
* Karl Schilling: ''Der Zusammenschluss der Landeskirchen Waldeck und Hessen-Kassel''. In: Waldeckischer Landeskalender. 2009 (2008), ZDB-ID 513652-0, S. 80–92.
* Dieter Waßmann: ''Waldeck. Geschichte einer Landeskirche''. Evangelischer Presseverband Kurhessen-Waldeck, Kassel 1984, (Monographia Hassiae 10).
External links
Official Website by Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
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