The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a Protestant church in the German state of Bavaria. The seat of the church is in Munich. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ...

It is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), and is a Lutheran Church. The leading bishop of the church is Johannes Friedrich (2006). Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated as EKD) is a federation of 23 regional Lutheran, Reformed and United Protestant churches[1]. In fact only one member church (the Protestant Reformed Church) is not restricted to a certain territory. ... Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity that follows the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther. ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is one of 23 Lutheran, united and reformed churches of the EKD. The church has 2,651,717 members (December 2005) in 1,531 parishes. The United Church can refer to a number of churches. ... The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Zwinglian or Calvinist system of doctrine but organizationally independent. ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a member church of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany and of the Lutheran World Federation. In Tutzing the church has its own evangelical academy. LWF logo The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global association of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ...

The ordination of women has been allowed. In general religious use, ordination is the process by which one is consecrated (set apart for the undivided administration of various religious rites). ...

Leading persons and bishops in history

• 1883 - 1897: Adolf von Stählin, president
• 1897 - 1909: Alexander von Schneider, president
• 1909 - 1917: Hermann von Bezzel, president
• 1917 - 1933: Friedrich Veit, president
• 1933 - 1955: Dr. Hans Meiser, bishop
• 1955 - 1975: Dr. Hermann Dietzfelbinger, bishop
• 1975 - 1994: Dr. Johannes Hanselmann, bishop
• 1994 - 1999: Dr. Hermann von Loewenich, bishop
• 1999 - today: Dr. Johannes Friedrich, bishop

Johannes Friedrich (1893 – 1972), was a German hittitologist who published the Hethitisches Elementarbuch (1940), and the Kurzgefasstes Hethitisches Wörterbuch (1966). ...

Synod

The election of the synod is for six years.

External links

• http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/
• http://www.ekd.de (Evangelical Church in Germany)