Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe is a Lutheran member church (Landeskirche) of the Evangelical Church in Germany. It covers the former principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and seated in Bückeburg.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe

The church has 49,269 members and is one of the smallest regional Protestant churches in Germany.[1] The church is one of the members of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD) and of the Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony. The ordination of women and blessing of same-sex marriages[2] has been allowed.

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  • 1949–1966:
  • 1966–1979:
  • 1979–1991:
  • 1991–2001:
  • 2001–2009:
  • 2009–:

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