The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania ( ro, Biserica Evanghelică-Luterană din România; hu, Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház; german: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Rumänien) is a
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
denomination in
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
.
Many active congregations were founded over 450 years ago, and today the Church has 27,540 members. It is primarily a
Hungarian-speaking denomination, with one
deanery for
Slovak-speaking parishes.
This church is not to be confused with the mainly
Saxon,
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ge ...
-speaking
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession.
References
External links
Official website
Lutheranism in Romania
Lutheran World Federation members
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