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Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren

Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationUnited
Lutheran
Reformed
Bohemian
PolityPresbyterian
AssociationsWorld Council of Churches
Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe
Conference of European Churches
Lutheran World Federation
World Communion of Reformed Churches.
RegionCzech Republic
Origin17 December 1918
Official websitewww.e-cirkev.cz
Evangelical Church of the Savior in the Old Town of Prague – main church of the ECCB

The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB) (Czech: Českobratrská církev evangelická; ČCE) is the largest Czech Protestant church and the second-largest church in the Czech Republic after the Catholic Church. It was formed in 1918 in Czechoslovakia through the unification of the Protestant churches of the Lutheran and Calvinist confessions.

In 2019, the church reported 69,715 baptized members[1] in more than 260 local congregations, which are broken down into 14 seniorates (presbyteries) throughout the Czech Republic. Its membership peaked in 1950 with 402,000 members.[2] Since the end of Communist rule, the Czech Republic's censuses have recorded 203,996 members in 1991,[2] 117,212 in 2001,[3] and 51,936 in 2011.[4]

In May 2023, the Church synod voted to allow blessing of same-sex couples.[5]

  1. ^ LWF Statistics - Czech-republic Archived 2020-07-23 at the Wayback Machine The Lutheran World Federation
  2. ^ a b "Tisíc let obyvatelstva v českých zemích". Snem.cirkev.cz. 2009-06-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  3. ^ "Katalog produktů | ČSÚ". Czso.cz. 2014-10-24. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  4. ^ "Úvodní stránka | SLDB 2011" (PDF). Czso.cz. 2014-11-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  5. ^ Postoj. "Českobratrská církev evangelická bude požehnávať páry rovnakého pohlavia". svetkrestanstva.postoj.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

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