Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia
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The Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia (Slovak: Slovenská evanjelická augsburského vyznania cirkev v Srbsku, abbreviated SEAVC) is a Lutheran church in Serbia.
Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Lutheranism |
Polity | Episcopal |
Bishop | Jaroslav Javorník (2020) |
Associations | Lutheran World Federation,
World Council of Churches Slovak Zion Synod – ELCA Northwestern Ohio Synod – ELCA Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg Church of Sweden Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia |
Region | Vojvodina, Serbia |
Congregations | 27 |
Members | 40,000 baptized members[1] |
Official website | seavc |
This, the largest Protestant church in former Yugoslavia, has around 40,000 members.[1] They are organized in 27 communities and are led by 20 pastors.
Most members live in Vojvodina, an autonomous province in the Republic of Serbia north of the Sava and Danube; its headquarters are accordingly in Novi Sad.[2] Until the founding of Yugoslavia, the communities belonged to the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary.[2]
The pastors are trained together with the pastors of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia, in Bratislava.[2] In parish life, the Slovak language is the most widely used. The SEAVC is a member of the Lutheran World Federation[1] and of the World Council of Churches.[2]