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The Evangelical Church of Bremen ((ドイツ語:Bremische Evangelische Kirche)) is the most important Protestant denomination in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. The seat of the church is in Bremen. It is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), and is a united Church combining Lutheran and Reformed traditions. The president of the church is Brigitte Boehme (2006). She became their first female president in 2001. The church has approx. 243,000 members (in December 2005) in 68 parishes. The main church of the Evangelical Church of Bremen is Bremen Cathedral. The Evangelical Church of Bremen is a member of the UEK and of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe. In Bremen the church has its own evangelical academy. The Ordination of women and the blessing of same-sex unions〔.〕 has been allowed. == Area covered == The area covered by the Evangelical Church of Bremen (BEK) is essentially equivalent to the city of Bremen. In the city of Bremerhaven, which forms with Bremen the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, only the most important Protestant church, the united Protestant Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche, belongs to the BEK. The bulk of the other Protestant church parishes in Bremerhaven is Lutheran and they belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, some form part of other not regionally-delineated Protestant denominations. The area covered by these parishes belonged to the former Province of Hanover before 1947. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evangelical Church of Bremen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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