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[1] Olten
Congregations
982
Members
1.92 million (2022)[2]
Official website
https://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.
^"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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