The Protestant Federation of France (''Fédération protestante de France'') is a religious organisation created on 25 October 1905, which united the main
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
groupings in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. The current president is Christian Krieger, who took over from previous president François Clavairoly in 2022.
Federation
The Protestant Federation of France may be further divided as follows:
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Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
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Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
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Evangelical
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...
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Pentecostal
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement
Exhaustive list (2019) of Churches or unions of Churches which are members of the PFF:
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United Protestant Church of France
The United Protestant Church of France (french: Église protestante unie de France) is the main and largest Protestant church in France, created in 2013 through the unification of the Reformed Church of France and the Evangelical Lutheran Church o ...
(EPUF, '), 2013 union of the
Reformed Church of France
The Reformed Church of France (french: Église réformée de France, ERF) was the main Protestant denomination in France with a Calvinist orientation that could be traced back directly to John Calvin. In 2013, the Church merged with the Evangel ...
(ERF) and the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in France Evangelical Lutheran Church in France was a Lutheran denomination in France until its 2013 merger with the Reformed Church of France to form the United Protestant Church of France. It had 100,000 members at the time of the merger.
It covered all of ...
(EELF)
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Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine
The Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine (french: Union des Églises protestantes d'Alsace et de Lorraine, UEPAL; german: Die Union der Protestantischen Kirchen von Elsass und Lothringen; gsw-FR, D' Union vu da Protäschtàntischa ...
(UEPAL, '), 2006 union of the
(EPCAAL) and the
Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine
The Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine (french: Église protestante réformée d'Alsace et de Lorraine (EPRAL); german: Reformierte Kirche von Elsass und Lothringen; gsw-FR, d'Reformierta Kìrch vum Elsàss ùn Lothringa) is a Cal ...
(EPRAL)
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(UNEPREF, ', formerly EREI)
* (FEEBF)
* de France (MPEF)
* (UEEL)
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Salvation Army
Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...
(AdS, Armée du Salut)
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Malagasy Protestant Church in France (FPMA, ')
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Communauté des Églises d'expressions africaines en France (CEAF)
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Union of the Church of God in France
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
(UEDF, ')
* (METF)
* Union des Églises évangéliques de
Réveil The Réveil (French for "revival", "awakening") of 1814 was a revival movement within the Swiss Reformed Church of western Switzerland and some Reformed communities in southeastern France.
The supporters were also called pejoratively ''momiers''. T ...
(UEER)
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Church of the Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. With its members co ...
(UEPN, ')
* (CEEF)
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Communion d'Églises protestantes évangéliques
Communion may refer to:
Religion
* The Eucharist (also called the Holy Communion or Lord's Supper), the Christian rite involving the eating of bread and drinking of wine, reenacting the Last Supper
**Communion (chant), the Gregorian chant that ac ...
(CÉPÉE)
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International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
The Foursquare Church is an Evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1923 by preacher Aimee Semple McPherson. The headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States.
History
The church has its origins in a vision of ...
(UEPFF, '
* (UAPM)
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
(UFA, '
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Église de Pentecôte de France (EPF)
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Église Hillsong de Paris
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Fédération des Églises coréennes en France (FECF)
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Union d'Assemblées de Dieu membre de la FPF (ADFP)
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Armenian Evangelical Church
The Armenian Evangelical Church ( hy, Հայաստանեայց Աւետարանական Եկեղեցի) was established on July 1, 1846, by thirty-seven men and three women in Constantinople.
History
In the 19th century there was an intellectua ...
(UEEAF, )
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Union de l’Église évangélique méthodiste de France (UEEMF)
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Union des Églises protestantes évangéliques Horizon (UEPEH)
; Associated members
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Agapé - France
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Communauté d'Églises protestantes francophones (Ceeefe)
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German Protestant Church in Paris (')
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Japanese Protestant Church (')
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Église protestante évangélique de Rochefort
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American Church in Paris
The American Church in Paris (formerly the American Chapel in Paris) was the first American church established outside the United States. It traces its roots back to 1814, and the present church building - located at 65 Quai d'Orsay in the 7th ...
(')
* (')
; Former members
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Apostolic Church (EA, ')
In all, the federation unites 23 churches or unions of churches, as well as 81 associations which represent about 500 communities, institutions and movements.
The member churches of the PFF comprise some 1,268 parishes, 1,065 pastors (of which 196 are women). 900,000 Protestants belong to the member Churches.
The churches cooperate in variety of sectors: childcare, care of the elderly, social and medical action, holidays and outings in the community, education, communication, art, international relations, development.
Presidents
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Édouard Gruner (1905-1927)
# Rev.
Émile Morel (1927-1929)
# Rev.
Marc Boegner
Marc Boegner, commonly known as ''pasteur'' Boegner (; 21 February 1881 – 18 December 1970), was a theologian, pastor, essayist, notable member of the French Resistance and a notable voice in the ecumenical movement.
Biography
Marc Boegner w ...
(1929-1961)
# Rev.
Charles Westphal (1961-1970)
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Jean Courvoisier (1970-1977)
# Rev.
Jacques Maury
Jacques Maury (10 November 1920 – 12 April 2020) was a French pastor.
Biography
Jacques was the son of Pierre Maury, a dogmatic professor at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris. Pierre Maury introduced the ideas of Karl Barth in France. ...
(1977-1987)
# Rev.
Jacques Stewart (1987-1997)
# Rev.
Jean Tartier (1997-1999)
# Rev.
Jean-Arnold de Clermont (1999-2007)
# Rev.
Claude Baty (2007-2013)
# Rev. François Clavairoly (September 2013 - June 2022)
# Rev. Christian Krieger (July 2022 - present)
See also
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Lyon Anglican Church
External links
Official site* The ''Maison du protestantisme'' is at coordinates
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History of Protestantism in France
Christian organizations established in 1905
Protestant denominations established in the 20th century
1905 establishments in France