Evangelical Church in the Rhineland (German: Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland) is a united Protestant church body in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse (Wetzlar). This is actually the area covered by the former Prussian Rhine Province until 1920. It is the most important Protestant denomination in this area. The seat of the church is in Düsseldorf. The church leader is not called "bishop", but praeses (German: Präses) and there is no cathedral.
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), and is a Prussian Union Church. The current praeses is Nikolaus Schneider. The Evangelical Church in the Rhineland is one of 23 Lutheran, united and Reformed churches of the EKD. As of January 2006, the church has around 2,936,700 members in 809 parishes.
The Evangelical Church in the Rhineland is a member of the UEK and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe. In Bonn the church runs a conference venue called Evangelische Akademie Bonn-Bad Godesberg.
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