Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu
| Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu | |
|---|---|
| General | |
| branch | Protestantism |
| distribution |
 Tuvalu
|
| Vice President | Tofiga Falani |
| founding | |
| Establishment date | April 11, 1861 |
| Place of foundation | Funafuti |
| Origin and development | |
| Spin-off from |
London Missionary Society |
| numbers | |
| Members | 9715 |
| Clergy | 23 |
| Communities | 18th |
| schools | 1 |
| Others | |
| Also called: | Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu |
| Website | www.ekttuvalu.com |
The Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu (EKT, English Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu , German about Christian Church of Tuvalu ) is a congregational church in Tuvalu . As a state church, 94 percent of the inhabitants of the Pacific island state belong to it. It goes back to the missionary work of the London Missionary Society since 1861 and was part of the Christian Congregational Church of Samoa until it became independent in 1969 .
The number of members is around 10000. The church is in 18 parishes divided and has 23 pastors . EKT has been a member of the World Council of Churches since 1980 . She is also a member of the World Fellowship of Reformed Churches and the Pacific Conference of Churches .
The church publishes a bulletin in Tuvaluan and English and runs the Motufoua Secondary School , a secondary school and the Fetuvalu Secondary School in Funafuti .
Its Vice President is Reverend Tofiga Falani .
Web links
- Information on the World Council of Churches website
- Te Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu on www.reformiert-online.de .
Individual evidence
- ^ State Church (Declaration) Act, 2008 Revised Edition, CAP. 54.20, p. 3. Government of Tuvalu, April 1, 1993. Retrieved July 28, 2014
- ↑ About Us. Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu, date unknown ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 31, 2014
- ^ Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu. World Council of Churches, date unknown retrieved July 31, 2014
