Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland information
Lutheran denomination
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Republic of Poland
Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
Lutheranism
Polity
Episcopal
Bishop of the Church
Jerzy Samiec
Associations
Conference of European Churches, Lutheran World Federation, Polish Ecumenical Council, World Council of Churches
Region
Poland
Origin
16th century
Separated from
Catholic Church
Members
61,217[1]
Official website
Official website
Holy Trinity Church, Warsaw, of Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession in Poland.Lutheran Church of Peace in Jawor- UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Republic of Poland (Polish: Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a Lutheran denomination and the largest Protestant body in Poland with about 61,000 members and 133 parishes.[1]
^ ab"Niektóre wyznania religijne w Polsce w 2018 r. (Selected religious denominations in Poland in 2018)". Mały Rocznik Statystyczny Polski 2019 (Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2019)(PDF) (in Polish and English). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2019. p. 114. ISSN 1640-3630. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
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