Church district Westphalia

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Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Westphalia
SELK-Signet.jpg
Basic data
Leading
clergyman:
Superintendent Bernd Reitmayer
Church: Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sprengel : west
Municipalities : 10 in 5 parishes
Address: Kreuzgemeinde Bochum
Gahlensche Str. 146
44809 Bochum
Internet presence: Superintendent

The church district of Westphalia 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. Synodale provides a parish with a lay representative and the parish priest. 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. This church district belongs to the district west of the SELK.

Lutheran parishes

Evangelical Lutheran Church, Essen
Epiphany Church, Bochum-Hamme
  • Parish Borghorst / Münster / Gronau / Osnabrück
    • Evangelical Lutheran St. Johannes Congregation Steinfurt-Borghorst (Parish Borghorst / Gronau)
    • Evangelical Lutheran St. Michaels Congregation Gronau (Parish Borghorst / Gronau)
    • Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Chapel Osnabrück (Parish Office Münster / Osnabrück)
    • Evangelical Lutheran St. Thomas Congregation Münster (Parish Office Münster / Osnabrück)
  • Parish Dortmund
    • Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation Dortmund
  • Parish of Essen
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Essen
  • Parish Witten
    • Evangelical Lutheran Kreuzgemeinde Witten

Superintendent

Superintendent Burckhard Zühlke (Witten) announced his resignation for health reasons at the district synod on April 3, 2009. Pastor Bernd Reitmayer was elected as the new superintendent. The superintendent has been in Bochum since April 2009.

Church District Advisory Board

The parish council consists of the superintendent, a pastor and two lay people .

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