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Protestant Church in Switzerland
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationReformed
Methodist
PolityA 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
RegionSwitzerland
HeadquartersBern, Switzerland
Origin1920[1]
Olten
Congregations982
Members1.92 million (2022)[2]
Official websitehttps://www.evref.ch/en/
Distribution of denominations in Switzerland in 2008 (green: Protestant, red: Roman Catholic)

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 its 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.

  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.
  4. ^ "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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