Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oldenburg is a Protestant church in the German state of Lower Saxony. The seat of the bishop is in Oldenburg.

It is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany EKD, and is a Lutheran Church. The leading bishop of the church is Peter Krug (2006).The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oldenburg is one of 23 Lutheran, united and reformed churches of the EKD. The church has 470,741 members (December 2005) in 123 parishes. It's the largest Protestant denomination in the area of the former state of Oldenburg.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oldenburg is not a member of the VELKD, but is a member of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe and the Lutheran World Federation. In Oldenburg the church has its own evangelical academy. Even though the church is lead by a bishop there is no cathedral. The most prominent church building is Lambertikirche in Oldenburg.

The Ordination of women is allowed, and the blessing of same-sex unions has been allowed since 2004.

Leading persons and bishops in history

* 1893 - 1904: Martin Bernhard Schomann, president
* 1904 - 1920: Eugen von Finckh, president
* 1920 - 1934: Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Heinrich Tilemann, president
* 1934 - 1944: Johannes Volkers, bishop
* 1945 - 1954: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Stählin, bishop
* 1954 - 1967: D. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Jacobi, bishop
* 1967 - 1985: D. theol. Dr. theol. Hans Heinrich Harms, bishop
* 1985 - 1998: Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, bishop
* 1998 - today: Peter Krug, bishop

Synod

The election of the synod is for six years; the synod has 60 members.

Books

* Evangelical book for singing in official and private blessings in Herzogthum Oldenburg, at the end of the book with part of prayers: Oldenburg, since 1791
* Evangelical book for singing in the Evangelical-Lutheran parishes of the Herzogtum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 1868, later the title was "Book for singing in the Evangelical-Lutheran parishes of the church in Oldenburg"
* Evangelical book for singing - Edition for Evangelical-Lutheran churches in Lower-Saxony - Oldenburg - Hanover, since around 1950
* Evangelical book for singing - Edition for Evangelical-Lutheran churches in Lower-Saxony and Evangelical Church of Bremen, Hanover/Goettingen, since December 1994

External links

* http://www.ev-kirche-oldenburg.com/ (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oldenburg)
* http://www.ekd.de (Evangelical Church in Germany)


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