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  German Genealogy: Lippe (-Detmold)
The capital of Lippe was the town of Detmold.
The archived church registers are held by the archive of the Lippische Landeskirche in Detmold (archive of the country church of Lippe), by the Nordrhein-Westfälische Staatsarchiv in Detmold (state archive of Northrhine-Westphalia) or by the local parishes.
The church registers of the Catholic parishes are either held by the local parishes or at the archive of the Archbishopric Paderborn.
www.genealogienetz.de /reg/NRHE-WFA/lippe.html   (1604 words)

  
 Evangelical Church in Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated as EKD) is a federation of 23 Lutheran, Reformed and United churches in their respective regions.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brunswick de:Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig
Evangelical Church of the Province of Saxony de:Evangelische Kirche der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany   (514 words)

  
 Evangelical Church in Germany: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
The Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutchland) is the institutional form chosen by a community of 24 Lutheran, Reformed and United regional churches.
The Evangelical Church of the Hesse Electorate and Waldeck
The Evangelical Church of the Province of Saxony
www.encyclopedian.com /ch/Church-of-Lippe.html   (201 words)

  
 State religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These offshoots did lose the established status of their parent, but since 1929 the (partially) reunited Church of Scotland has considered itself to be a "national church" rather than an established church, as it is entirely independent of state control in matters spiritual.
The Church of Ireland was disestablished in 1869 and the Church of England was disestablished in Wales in 1920, becoming the Church in Wales rather than the Church of Wales.
Through this arrangement, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland lost its position as a state church but gained a constitutional status as a national church alongside with the Finnish Orthodox Church, whose position however is not codified in the constitution.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/State_church   (2485 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > State church
Its largest surviving offshoots are the Free Church of Scotland[?] and the United Free Church of Scotland[?].
State churches tend to enjoy the allegiance of the majority of their country; however much of this support is little more than nominal, with many members of the church rarely attending it.
With the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, the prohibition on established churches was interpreted as a general prohibition on state support of religion.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/st/State_church   (467 words)

  
 Church Twinning in Europe and the UK - European Church Partnership
As far as Europe is concerned, between 2003 and 2004, membership in Lutheran churches increased by 7.3 percent representing 2,633,955 new members, and pushing the total in the region to 38,635,572.
Membership in the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria decreased by 3.7 percent to 322,321 members, whereas that of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania fell by around three percent, to 14,606 members.
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Germany, not an LWF member church, recorded the highest decline in percentage terms with 26 percent less members, reducing the total to 1,470.
www.church-twinning.org /lwf.html   (665 words)

  
 Learn more about State religion in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A state religion (also called an established church or state church) is a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state.
The term state church is most closely associated with Christianity, although it is sometimes used in the context of other faiths as well.
[2] Finland's State Church was the Church of Sweden until 1809, and the Russian Orthodox Church from 1809 to 1917.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/st/state_religion.html   (609 words)

  
 The cantonal church of Berne confers on globalization
Roughly 130 people - church leaders, members of congregations, representatives of aid agencies and specialist church departments, and foreign guests - took part in the conference, which met in September this year.
Other proposals were that the "hidden work" of women should be brought out more strongly in the debate, and that the church must become, as it were, a partner to the political sphere, so that states remain politically effective and can set the basic conditions for the economy.
The conference ended with a panel discussion, in which the president of the synod executive council and the representatives of Warc and the WCC gave their reactions to the results of the workshops.
www.warc.ch /pc/europe/05.html   (857 words)

  
 LELB
He stressed importance of church unity based upon strong and vibrant commitment to the word of God, the church’s confession and the faith that flows forth from it.
Charles Evanson of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and Concordia Theological Seminary, Rev. Volker Thiedeman of the North Elbian Church, Superintendent Rev. Dieter Lorenz ir kun.
Friedhelm Horst of the Lippe Church, Germany, Rev. Algimantas Kvedaravičius of the Reformed Church in Lithuania, Rev. Dean Wilhelm Torgerson of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany, Rev. Chris Quello, American Lutheran Pastor in Vilnius, and Mr.
www.liuteronai.lt /titulinis/straipsniai/2005/sinodas/sinodas_ang.htm   (679 words)

  
 Cologne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The destruction of famous Romanesque churches like St. Gereon, Great St. Martin, St. Maria im Capitol and about a dozen others in World War II meant a tremendous loss of cultural substance to the city.
The rebuilding of those churches and other landmarks like the Gürzenich was not undisputed among leading architects and art historians at that time, but in most cases, civil intention prevailed.
The roots of some of the churches date back as far as Roman times, like St. Gereon, which originally was a chapel on a Roman graveyard.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cologne   (4029 words)

  
 Global Lutheran Community
Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine
The EKD is composed of the Evangelical Church of the Union and 24 regional churches).
Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia and Montenegro
www.elca.org /ecumenical/globalcommunity/index.html   (376 words)

  
 Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutchland) is the institutionalform chosen by a community of 24 Lutheran, Reformed and United regional churches.
As the German term evangelisch corresponds to the broaderterm protestant in English, not the narrower evangelical, Protestant Church in Germany is a bettertranslation.
Each local church is responsible for Christian life in its own area, while each regional church has its own specialcharacteristics and retains its independence.
www.therfcc.org /evangelical-church-in-germany-26023.html   (150 words)

  
 The Ultimate State religion Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
In England there was a campaign by Liberals, dissenters and nonconformists to disestablish the Church of England in the late 19th century; it failed in England but demands for the measure persist to this day.
The Church of Ireland was disestablished in 1869 and the Church of England was disestablished in Wales in 1920, becoming the Church in Wales.
After independence in 1917 Finland gave State Church status to both the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (successor to the Church of Sweden in Finland) and the Finnish Orthodox Church (successor to the Russian Orthodox Church in Finland).
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/State_religion   (1039 words)

  
 Basic Course Lesson 4
The development of the Reformation in the County of Lippe began as early as the beginning of the fifteen-twenties.
It was only in 1684 that the “Christian Church Constitution of the County of Lippe” appeared, a church constitution originating from the General Superintendent, Jakob Zeller, in which tasks and functions of life in the congregations are set out and described.
The character of this church constitution is uplifting – a pietistic streak pervades this text, which is still officially valid in the Church of Lippe today.
www.reformiert-online.net:8080 /t/eng/bildung/grundkurs/gesch/lek4/lek4_6.jsp   (829 words)

  
 Lutherans
We in the church see it as a re-awakening of the African spirit which was crushed by slavery and colonialism, and ownership-taking of our Christian and biblical heritage [that was] received in very difficult circumstances and situations," remarked the bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN).
Membership figures remained unchanged in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden (3,710); Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (2,750,000); Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad (40,000) and the Church of Lippe [Lutheran Section] (38,000).
Membership in the LWF-member church, the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Brazil, rose by 1,085 to reach 715,085 while that in the non-LWF church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, increased by 2,620 to the current 222,508.
www.exorthodoxforchrist.com /lutherans.htm   (1822 words)

  
 Church of Lippe Article, ChurchLippe Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutchland, abbreviated byEKD) is a federation of 24 Lutheran, Reformed and United churches in their respective regions.
The German term evangelisch rather corresponds to the English term Protestant than to the narrower direct translation evangelical, since it is a federation of different churches, rather than one evangelical church.
Each local church is responsible for Christian life in its own area,while each regional church has its own special characteristics and retains its independence.
www.anoca.org /evangelical/germany/church_of_lippe.html   (254 words)

  
 Lutheran Church of Our Savior Church Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutscland: EKD).
Church of the Lutheran Brethren; their nearest congregations are Bethel - Huntington Station and Peace Christian - Bohemia.
National Council of Churches, a mostly mainline Protestant ecumenical body, of which the ELCA is a member.
members.aol.com /rlongman1/OSlinks.html   (705 words)

  
 ELM - Supporting Churches - Schaumburg - Lippe
It’s area spreades from the river Weser in the West to the "Steinhuder Meer" in the East; it’s countryside ranges from the hillside of the Weser in the South up to the northern German Lowlands.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Schaumburg-Lippe has 67000 members who are served by 44 pastors (37 in parish duties) through 22 parishes.
Since 2001 Jürgen Johannesdotter is bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe.
www.elm-mission.net /english/elm/support/lippe.html   (122 words)

  
 Mission3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 1977, three Lutheran Churches in Lower Saxony, Northern Germany, joined hands to carry on the work of the former "Missionsanstalt Hermannsburg" and parts of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission of Erlangen (Leipzig Mission) as the "Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony", being a foundation under private law.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hessen-Nassau and the Church of Augsburg Confession in Alsace and Lorraine cooperate closely with ELM.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig with a membership of approximately 470000 is one of five regional churches in the Federal State of Lower Saxony.
bs.cyty.com /elmbs/miss3_en.htm   (1009 words)

  
 Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands (VELKD)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Church Council consists of the Presiding Bishop, his or her deputy, a further member of the Bishops' Conference, the President of the General Synod and nine additional members elected by the General Synod from their number.
In addition guests from the Lutheran churches throughout Europe are invited to the pastoral seminary on a regular basis.
It exists alongside the advanced training facilities of the member churches and has the task of promoting fellowship among the cooperating churches and improving the general awareness of conditions in the member churches.
www.velkd.de /velkd/english.html   (2484 words)

  
 Development demands debt relief in Germany
In May 1994, the Synod of the Church of Lippe asked the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) to make representations to the Federal Government with the aim of developing through the United Nations an international insolvency or bankruptcy law, to protect the elementary life rights of those affected by the international debt crisis.
Hand in hand with the appeal to governments goes a process of education and consciousness-shaping: clarifying the connections and the background of indebtedness.
The church can also use its links with partner churches abroad (in Ghana, for example) to include them in the campaign.
www.warc.ch /pc/europe/04.html   (437 words)

  
 ELCA Global Mission - Lutheran churches in Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (ILC)
Representation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in Almaty, Kazakstan
Representation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in Bishkek, Kyrghystan
www.elca.org /companionsynod/europe.html   (420 words)

  
 EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN GERMANY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 24 Lutheran, Reformed and United churches in their respective regions.
It is therewith a uniting church body of several protestant denominations.
While the majority of Christians in Southern Germany is Catholic, there are also strong protestant churches in Bavaria, and Baden-Württemberg due to the large population of these states.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ev/Evangelical%20Church%20in%20Germany.htm   (228 words)

  
 Grammer Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
She was married to Christianus GUENNEWIG on 7 May 1848 in St. Michael's Catholic Church, Falkenhagen, Lippe, Germany.
She was married to Carroll James BARRETT on 23 Apr 1930 in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Marietta, Washington Co., OH.
Friedricus Christophorus Christianus KOESTERMEIER was born on 26 Dec 1841 in Woderfeld, Furstentum Lippe Detmold, Germany.
webpages.charter.net /grammer/d50.htm   (1378 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - ELCIC Directory
Brazil ~ Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (LWF)
Germany ~ Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD; The EKD is composed of the Evangelical Church of the Union and 24 regional churches)
Poland ~ Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (LWF)
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 Grammer Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
She was married to Jacob (James) KLEIN on 24 Nov 1859 in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Marietta, Belmont Co., OH.
He was married to Anna Lucia Antonette Henriette (Charlotta) WEBER on 14 Feb 1841 in St. Michael's Catholic Church, Falkenhagen, Lippe, Germany.
He was Roman Catholic in 1967 in St. Clare's Catholic Church of Clairton, PA. He resided Clairton, PA on 19 Apr 1967 in Clairton, PA. He died on 4 Oct 1967 in Clairton, PA.
webpages.charter.net /grammer/d14.htm   (4199 words)

  
 LWF News - Membership in the Lutheran World Federation Increases to Nearly 65 Million
The Czech church has its origins in two streams of Bohemian reformation –; “Utraquists” (Jan Hus), and the “Unitas Fratrum” (Moravians) from the early fifteenth until the early seventeenth centuries.
The PCN is a member of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands and the Reformed Ecumenical Council.
The Ghanaian church was established in the West African country in 1958 by missionaries from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and was formally registered in 1964.
www.lutheranworld.org /News/LWI/EN/1513.EN.html   (749 words)

  
 wfn.org | Deputy Dean of Italian Church to Serve LWF German Committee
Born in Brunswick, Germany in 1958, Denecke is a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick.
The VELKD is an association of eight regional churches in Germany namely the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Bavaria, Brunswick and Thuringia, of Hanover, Mecklenburg, Saxony, Schaumburg-Lippe and the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The GNC/LWF comprises the eight VELKD member churches, plus the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Baden and Oldenburg, Evangelical Church of Pomerania, Church of Lippe (Lutheran Section) as well as the Evangelical Church in Wuerttemberg.
www.wfn.org /2003/06/msg00043.html   (436 words)

  
 Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Evangelical Church in Germany"
The German term evangelisch more accurately corresponds to the broad English term Protestant rather than to the narrower Evangelical, although the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America uses the term in the same way as the German church.
Reformed Church - Synod of Reformed Churches in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany
While the majority of Christians in Southern Germany is Catholic, there are also strong Protestant churches in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg (less than 50%), due to the large population of these states.
www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=evangelical_%43hurch_in_%47ermany   (262 words)

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