Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Schaffhausen

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The Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Schaffhausen (sometimes Evangelical Reformed Church Schaffhausen ) is in the entire canton of Schaffhausen organized Evangelical - Reformed State Church . She is a member of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Switzerland and the Conference of Churches on the Rhine .

organization

Parishes

The regional church of Schaffhausen comprises 40 parishes , some of which work together in pastoral communities.

Church council and administration

The administrative headquarters are at Pfrundhausgasse 3 in Schaffhausen . The church council also meets there as the executive branch of the regional church; In addition, the five specialist offices that the regional church maintains are located here. The President of the Church Council is Frieder Tramer .

Synod

The legislative organ of the regional church is the synod , which meets twice a year and consists of 78 delegates . The preliminary discussion of business often takes place in the parliamentary groups: the Evangelical-Ecclesiastical and the Open parliamentary group .

Structural reform

In the years 2013–2015, an extensive structural reform was pending, which was supposed to eliminate the tense financial situation of the Schaffhausen regional church. This structural reform included a. a standardization of the parish office percentages on four levels (25%, 50%, 75%, 100% per parish, continued upwards in the case of large parishes: 125%, 150%, etc.) and a hiring freeze for new pastors in the event of vacancies until the end of May 2015 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ref-sh.ch/strukturreform