Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania explained

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania
Native Name:Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház
Biserica Evanghelică-Luterană din România
Native Name Lang:hu
Type:Western Christianity
Main Classification:Protestant
Orientation:Lutheranism
Scripture:Bible
Theology:Lutheran theology
Polity:Synodal
Leader Title:Bishop
Leader Name:Adorjáni Dezső
Division Type:Parishes
Division:39
Associations:
    Area:Romania
    Language:Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, German
    Headquarters:Bd. 21 Decembrie 1989 nr.1, Cluj-Napoca
    Founded Date:4 July 1920
    Recognition:1948 (by the state)
    Separated From:German Lutheran Church of Transylvania (hungarian-speaking congregations)
    Lutheran Church in Hungary (congregations from Crișana)
    Members:20,168 (2011)
    Ministers Type:Priests
    Ministers:46
    Churches:47
    Tertiary:Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj
    Publications:Evangélikus Harangszó
    Református Szemle

    The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Biserica Evanghelică-Luterană din România; Hungarian: Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház; German: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Rumänien) is a Lutheran denomination in Romania.[1] Many active congregations were founded over 450 years ago,[2] and today the Church has 27,540 members.[3] It is primarily a Hungarian-speaking denomination, with one deanery for Slovak-speaking parishes.[4]

    This church is not to be confused with the mainly Saxon, German-speaking Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession.

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    Notes and References

    1. Book: J. Gordon Melton. Martin Baumann. Religions of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. 5 February 2013. 21 September 2010. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-59884-204-3. 1055.
    2. Web site: Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Romania. World Council of Churches. 7 October 2014.
    3. http://www.lutheranworld.org/sites/default/files/LWI-Statistics-2013-EN.pdf The Lutheran World Federation – 2013 Membership Figures
    4. Web site: Cimtár. Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház. 29 August 2016. hu.