Union Evangelischer Kirchen
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Member churches of the UEK are coloured in light brown, churches with the status of guests to the UEK are kept in a darker brown. The Evangelical Reformed Church is not depicted in the map.
The Union Evangelischer Kirchen (UEK; "Union of Evangelical Churches") is an organisation of 13 United and Reformed evangelical churches in Germany, which are all member churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany.
Member churches in the UEK
- Evangelical State Church of Anhalt: Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts
- Evangelical State Church in Baden: Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden
- Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia: Evangelische Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz:
- Evangelical Church of Bremen: Bremische Evangelische Kirche (BEK)
- Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau: Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau
- Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate and Waldeck: Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck
- State Church of Lippe: Lippische Landeskirche
- Evangelical Church of the Palatinate: Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz
- Pomeranian Evangelical Church: Pommersche Evangelische Kirche
- Evangelical Reformed Church - Synod of Reformed Churches in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche
- Evangelical Church in the Rhineland: Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland
- Evangelical Church in Central Germany: Evangelische Kirche in Mitteldeutschland
- Evangelical Church of Westphalia: Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen
Guests are
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Oldenburg
- Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg: Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg
- Reformierter Bund
History
The UEK was founded on July 1, 2003. The organisation succeeded the former organisation Evangelical Church of the Union (German: Evangelische Kirche der Union, EKU). The seat of the organisation used to be Berlin. For structural reasons, it was moved to the seat of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in Hanover though.
Structure
The parliament (=Vollkonferenz) of the organisation is an elected group of 47 members, which are elected for six years each term. The 47 members elect a "Präsidium".
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