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United Protestant Church of France Église protestante unie de France Template:Fr icon | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Reformed and Lutheran |
President | Laurent Schlumberger |
Region | France (except Alsace and Moselle) |
Origin | 2013 |
Merger of | Reformed Church of France Evangelical Lutheran Church of France |
Members | 400,000[1] |
Ministers | 456 |
Official website | www |
The United Protestant Church of France is the main and largest Protestant church in France, created in 2013 through the unification of the Reformed Church of France and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of France.
It has 400,000 members and its theology is both Calvinist and Lutheran.[2] Ordination of women and blessings of same-sex marriages are allowed.[3]
See also
- Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine
- National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France
References
- ^ "United Protestant Church of France". www.oikoumene.org. World Council of Churches. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ "United Protestant Church of France". World Council of Churches.
- ^ Reuters: French Protestant church allows gay marriage blessing, 2015
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