Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine
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The Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine (French: Église protestante de la Confession d’Augsbourg d’Alsace et de Lorraine, EPCAAL; German: Protestantische Kirche Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses von Elsass und Lothringen, Kirche A.B. von Elsass und Lothringen; Alsatian: d' Protäschtàntischa Kìrch vum Augsburigischa Bekänntniss vum Elsàss ùn Lothringa) is a Lutheran church of public-law corporation status (établissement public du culte) in France. The ambit of the EPCAAL comprises congregations in Alsace and the Lorrain Moselle department.
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Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine | |
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Église protestante de la Confession d’Augsbourg d’Alsace et de Lorraine | |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Lutheran |
Polity | Presbyterial-synodal polity |
Leader | Christian Albecker [fr] |
Associations | CCR, CPCE, FPF, LWF, UEPAL and WCC |
Headquarters | Strasbourg, Grand Est |
Origin | 1872 in Strasbourg |
Branched from | Evangelical Lutheran Church of France |
Separations | Evangelical Lutheran Church – Synod of France |
Congregations | 208 |
Members | 210,000 |
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