Evangelical Church of the Rhineland

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	United Protestant regional church member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:EKiR
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:directionA	United Protestant
gptkbp:founded	1948
gptkbp:hasBishop	Thorsten Latzel (as of 2021)
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Düsseldorf,_Germany
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:Prussian_Union_of_Churches
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Evangelical Church of the Rhineland
gptkbp:leaderTitle	Praeses
gptkbp:member	gptkb:Lutheran_World_Federation gptkb:World_Council_of_Churches gptkb:Community_of_Protestant_Churches_in_Europe gptkb:World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches gptkb:Reformed_Alliance_in_Germany gptkb:Union_of_Evangelical_Churches
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Düsseldorf_Johanneskirche gptkb:Koblenz_Florinskirche Cologne Cathedral (Protestant services held)
gptkbp:numberOfCongregations	about 700
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	about 2.4 million (as of 2022)
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:German
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Evangelical_Church_in_Germany
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:Hesse gptkb:Rhineland-Palatinate gptkb:North_Rhine-Westphalia gptkb:Saarland
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:Rhineland
gptkbp:type_of_polity	Presbyterian-synodal
gptkbp:website	https://www.ekir.de/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Evangelical_Church_of_the_old-Prussian_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6