Protestant Church of Switzerland

Protestant Church in Switzerland
Protestant Church in Switzerland
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Reformed; Methodist
Polity	A Communion of 25 regional and denominational churches that practice their own forms of church governance.
Associations	World Communion of Reformed Churches; World Council of Churches; Conference of Churches on the Rhine; Community of Protestant Churches in Europe;
Region	Switzerland
Headquarters	Bern, Switzerland
Origin	1920 ; Olten
Congregations	982
Members	1.92 million (2022)
Official website	https://www.evref.ch/en/

The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS),^[3]^[a] formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches^[b] until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The PCS is not a church in a theological understanding, because every member is independent with their own theological and formal organisation. It serves as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represents the church in international relations. Except for the Evangelical-Methodist Church, which covers all of Switzerland, the member churches are restricted to a certain territory.^[4]

The president of the PCS is Rita Famos.

^ "Organization".
^ "Switzerland: Record Number of People Leave the Church in 2022". Retrieved 2023-12-25.
^ "Constitution - The Church and its mission". evref.ch. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^ "Kirchenmitgliedschaft in der römisch-katholischen und evangelisch-reformierten Kirche nach Kantonen (2017)" (Table 1.4 on the lower part of the page) (in German). SPI St. Gallen. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-22.

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[evref.ch-1] "Organization".

[2] "Switzerland: Record Number of People Leave the Church in 2022". Retrieved 2023-12-25.

[3] "Constitution - The Church and its mission". evref.ch. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

[6] "Kirchenmitgliedschaft in der römisch-katholischen und evangelisch-reformierten Kirche nach Kantonen (2017)" (Table 1.4 on the lower part of the page) (in German). SPI St. Gallen. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-22.

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