The Pomeranian Evangelical Church (abbr. PEK) is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, serving the citizens living in Vorpommern. The seat of the bishop is the city of Greifswald. The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... Greifswald (from German Greif, griffin, and Wald, forest) is a town in northeastern 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. Leading bishop is Dr. Hans-Jürgen Abromeit (2006). Ordination of women and blessing of same-sex unions are allowed. 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. ... Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was a German monk,[1] priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer. ... 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. ... In general religious use, ordination is the process by which one is consecrated (set apart for the undivided administration of various religious rites). ... The blessing of same-sex unions is a practice officially sanctioned in some parishes of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the USA. It is also, according to the current Anglican Primate of Canada, widely practised in parishes of other churches of the Anglican Communion, without...
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