Evangelical Church in Germany
Group of Protestant churches in Germany
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany (German: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD) is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional churches in Germany, collectively encompassing the vast majority of the country's Protestants. In English, it uses the name Protestant Church in Germany. In 2025, the EKD had a membership of 17.4 million members, or 20.8% of the German population. It constitutes one of the largest Protestant bodies in the world. Church offices managing the federation are located in Herrenhausen, Hanover, Lower Saxony. Many of its members consider themselves Lutherans. Historically, the first formal attempt to unify German Protestantism occurred during the Weimar Republic era in the form of the German Protestant Church Confederation, which existed from 1922 until 1933. Earlier, there had been successful royal efforts at unity in various German states, beginning with Prussia and several minor German states (e.g. Duchy of Nassau) in 1817. These unions...
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