Union of Evangelical Churches in the EKD
The Union of Evangelical Churches is an organisation of 10 United and 2 Reformed evangelical churches in Germany, which are all member churches of the Protestant Church in Germany.
Member churches in the UEK
- Protestant Church of Anhalt
- Protestant Church in Baden
- Protestant Church Berlin - Brandenburg - Silesian Upper Lusatia
- Protestant Church of Bremen
- Protestant Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck
- Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau
- Church of Lippe
- Protestant Church in Central Germany
- Evangelical Church of the Palatinate
- Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church)
- Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
- Evangelical Church of Westphalia
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
- Reformierter Bund
- Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg
History
The UEK was founded on July 1, 2003. The organisation succeeded the former organisation Evangelical Church of the Union. The seat of the organisation used to be Berlin. For structural reasons, it was moved to the seat of the Protestant Church in Germany in Hanover though.On November 9, 2019, Union of Evangelical Churches allowed blessings of same-sex marriages.