In the 16th century Luth preaching and teaching predominated in the Church of Bremen. After the Synod of Dort (1618) relations were gradually established with the Netherlands. Ref patterns of church order were adopted, not in the city itself, but in the region around the city. In subsequent centuries confessional differences increasingly lost importance. The Evangelical Church of Bremen considers itself as a “free” Landeskirche; each of the 69 congr decides independently which confession and which church order it adopts. Besides Luth and united congr there are also Ref congr. The latter are a minority and are mainly located in the area of the Unterweser.
Publication: bremer kirchenzeitung
Statistik der Kirche
Mitglieder
total: 250000
Gemeinden
(herkömmlich): 69
Hauskreise
(Gemeinden im Werden): 0
Ordinierte
total: 144
Männer: 107
Frauen: 37
Frauenordination üblich
Älteste
total: 0
Diakone/innen
total: 0
keine diakonische Einrichtungen vorhanden
Missionare/innen
total: 0
keine Angaben zur missionarischen Arbeit im Ausland vorhanden
In the 16th century Luth preaching and teaching predominated in the Church of Bremen. After the Synod of Dort (1618) relations were gradually established with the Netherlands. Ref patterns of church order were adopted, not in the city itself, but in the region around the city. In subsequent centuries confessional differences increasingly lost importance. The Evangelical Church of Bremen considers itself as a “free” Landeskirche; each of the 69 congr decides independently which confession and which church order it adopts. Besides Luth and united congr there are also Ref congr. The latter are a minority and are mainly located in the area of the Unterweser.