Lower Saxony-West church district

Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church Lower Saxony West Church District

Basic data
Leading clergyman:	Superintendent Markus Nietzke
Church:	Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sprengel :	west
Municipalities :	17 parishes in 10 parishes
Address:	Lotharstrasse 18th 29320 Hermannsburg
Internet presence:	Superintendent

The church district of Lower Saxony West is a church district of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church ( SELK ) and a corporation under public law.

structure

The church district is headed by a superintendent as the leading clergyman , who is in charge of the church district advisory board. Other organs are the church district synod, which meets annually. A parish provides i. d. R. a lay representative and the parish priest as synodal. In addition to the synod, the district pastors' convention, to which all pastors in active service belong with a seat and vote, is the organ of the church district. The church district of Lower Saxony West extends over numerous districts in Lower Saxony and Bremen . The church district belongs to the SELK election region West.

Lutheran parishes

Parish Bremen / Bremerhaven
Parish Brunsbrock / Stellenfelde
Farven / Stade parish

Hermannsburg

Parish of the Große Kreuzkirchengemeinde Hermannsburg
Parish Small Kreuzkirchengemeinde Hermannsburg / St. Johannisgemeinde Bleckmar

Parish of Oldenburg / Hesel

Parish of Soltau

Sottrum / Sittensen parish

Parish Tarmstedt

Parish Verden (Aller) / Rotenburg (Wümme)

Great Kreuzkirche , Hermannsburg
Small cruciform church , Hermannsburg
Zionskirche , Soltau
Bethlehem Church, Bremen
St. Matthew's Church, Brunsbrock
Pella Church , Farven
Kreuzkirche, Hesel

Superintendent

Since 2013 Pastor Peter Rehr, Soltau, was superintendent of the church district Lower Saxony-West of the SELK. The election period ended in 2018. His successor is Markus Nietzke, pastor in Hermannsburg and Bleckmar. The superintendent is always at the parish seat of the superintendent, currently in Hermannsburg.

Church District Advisory Board

The church district council consists of the superintendent, two pastors and three lay people.

Web links

Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Super User: Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church | SELK - Markus Nietzke introduced as superintendent. Accessed on November 13, 2018 (German).
↑ Böhme newspaper: Peter Rehr new Superintendent

[:0-1] Super User: Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church | SELK - Markus Nietzke introduced as superintendent. Accessed on November 13, 2018 (German).

[2] Böhme newspaper: Peter Rehr new Superintendent