Reformed Synod of Denmark
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The Reformed Synod of Denmark (Danish: Den reformerte Synode) is a synod (council) of four Reformed free church congregations in Denmark. A member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, it has approximately 700 members.
The current Moderator is Sabine Hofmeister. The Synod's office is at Fredericia, in Southern Denmark.
[edit] Congregations
- Reformed Congregation in Fredericia [1] (Den reformerte Meighed i Fredericia, sometimes referred to as the French Reformed Church in Fredericia), founded by Huguenots in 1719, 300 members
- French Reformed Church in Copenhagen [2] (French: Eglise réformée française de Copenhague), founded 1685, 50 members, has close ties with the French Reformed Church in Stockholm, Sweden (see Swedish Free Church Council)
- German Reformed Church in Copenhagen [3] (German: Deutsch-Reformierte Kirche zu Kopenhagen), founded in 1685, 300 members (primarily Germans, Dutch, Hungarians, Swiss and Americans, but also some Danes)
- Korean Reformed Church in Copenhagen [4], founded in 1989, 50 members, led by a Korean pastor