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The Evangelical Luthern Church of Mecklenburg (abbr. ELLM) is a Protestant church in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, serving the citizens living in Mecklenburg. The seat of the bishop is the state capital Schwerin. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... Mecklenburg, located in Northern Germany, was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, then divided, and after 1815 two Grand Duchies, then a state, and now part of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. ... Schwerin is a town in northern Germany. ...
It is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), and is based on the teachings brought forward by Martin Luther and others during the Reformation. The Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated as EKD) is a federation of 23 Lutheran, Reformed and United churches in their respective regions. ... Martin Luther - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...
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http://www.ellm.de Evangelical Luthern Church of Mecklenburg
In spite of the influences of the Enlightenment (Rationalism), a strong movement of religious awakening led to a strengthening of confessional Lutheranism.
Church headquarters are in the beautifully situated city of Schwerin, the former seat of the duke of Meklenburg.
The EvangelicalLutheranChurch of Meklenburg is part of the United EvangelicalLutheranChurch of Germany (VELKD), which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998.
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