Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania
Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház (hu); Biserica Evanghelică-Luterană din România (ro)
	Cluj-Napoca Evangelical Church
Type	Western Christianity
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Lutheranism
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Lutheran theology
Polity	Synodal
Bishop	Adorjáni Dezső
Parishes	39
Associations	Lutheran World Federation; Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe; Conference of European Churches; World Council of Churches;
Region	Romania
Language	Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, German
Headquarters	Bd. 21 Decembrie 1989 nr.1, Cluj-Napoca
Origin	4 July 1920
Recognition	1948 (by the state)
Separated from	German Lutheran Church of Transylvania (hungarian-speaking congregations); Lutheran Church in Hungary (congregations from Crișana)
Members	20,168 (2011)
Priests	46
Places of worship	47
Tertiary institutions	Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj
Publications	Evangélikus Harangszó; Református Szemle
Official website	evangelikus.ro

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania (Romanian: Biserica Evanghelică-Luterană din România; Hungarian: Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház; German: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Rumänien) is a Lutheran denomination in Romania.^[1] Many active congregations were founded over 450 years ago,^[2] and today the Church has 27,540 members.^[3] It is primarily a Hungarian-speaking denomination, with one deanery for Slovak-speaking parishes.^[4]

This church is not to be confused with the mainly Saxon, German-speaking Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession.

References

^ J. Gordon Melton; Martin Baumann (21 September 2010). Religions of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. ABC-CLIO. p. 1055. ISBN 978-1-59884-204-3. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
^ "Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Romania". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^ The Lutheran World Federation – 2013 Membership Figures Lutheran World
^ "Cimtár". Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2016.

External links

Official website (in Hungarian, German, and English)

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[MeltonBaumann2010-1] J. Gordon Melton; Martin Baumann (21 September 2010). Religions of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. ABC-CLIO. p. 1055. ISBN 978-1-59884-204-3. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

[2] "Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Romania". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

[3] The Lutheran World Federation – 2013 Membership Figures Lutheran World

[4] "Cimtár". Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2016.

[note_n0-5] Part of the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe

[note_n1-6] Part of the Romanian Evangelical Alliance

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v t e Principal religions of Romania
State-recognised	Armenian Apostolic Church Baptist Union of Romania Convention of the Hungarian Baptist Churches Christian Evangelical Church Evangelical Church Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession Evangelical Lutheran Church Islam Jehovah's Witnesses Association of Romania Judaism Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church Pentecostal Union of Romania Reformed Church Roman Catholic Church Armenian Catholic Vicariate Romanian Greek Catholic Church Romanian Orthodox Church Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate Army of the Lord Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Timișoara Unitarian Church of Transylvania	Main religions in the localities (2002)
Semi-recognised (as a religious association, but not a denomination)	Assemblies of God Baháʼí Faith Harvest Nazarene New Apostolic Church Old Calendar Orthodox Church Pentecostal Church of God Renovatio Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
Not state-recognised	Anglicanism Hinduism Inochentism Mormonism Zalmoxianism
Others	Irreligion in Romania

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