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United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany

United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany

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The United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (German: Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands, VELKD) was founded on July 8, 1948, in Eisenach, Germany. Its total membership is 7.8 million people.[1] All its member churches belong to the Protestant Church in Germany, with which it co-operates closely. In 2018 it has been reduced from an independent legal entity to an administrative unit within the larger Protestant Church in Germany.

The seat of the VELKD is in Hanover. The leading bishop (German: Leitender Bischof) is Ralf Meister.

Leading Bishops of the VELKD

President of the Church Office of the VELKD

  • 1949-1963: Heinz Brunotte
  • 1963-1967: Max Keller-Hüschemenger
  • 1968-1976: Hugo Schnell
  • 1976–1982: Günther Gaßmann
  • 1983-2000: Friedrich-Otto Scharbau
  • 2000-2015: Friedrich Hauschildt ( also Vice-President of the Office of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), between 2007 and 2015)
  • 2015-2023: Horst Gorski (also Vice-President of EKD between 2015 and 2023) [2]
  • since 2023: Stephan Schaede (also Vice-President of EKD since 2023) [3]

Members

Sources

  1. [1]
    Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands velkd.de
  2. [2]
    "Google Translate".
  3. [3]
    "Google Translate".
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