Chapel parish

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A chapel congregation in the church system is a body that has its own church building , but is not itself a church congregation or a parish and is usually subordinate to another. The legal form of a chapel congregation exists in the Catholic Church and in some Protestant regional churches . In the Catholic Church, not every chapel founds its own chapel congregation. The members of a Protestant chapel community elect a mostly three-member chapel board in the same way as a church community leader is elected. Chapel communities can also own property such as land, the chapel building, or a cemetery .

In the past, during the urbanization of rural areas, chapel congregations emerged as forerunners of the later independent church congregations. Today, chapel communities often exist in rural areas, where they are an expression of their own local life, especially if the political community in question is no longer independent after a territorial reform . In cities, chapel congregations can develop into staff congregations. For example, the Evangelical Chapel Congregation in Heidelberg's old town has become a “Diakonie Church” with a focus on poverty and migrant work.