Leading clerical office
The leading spiritual office was a collective bishop's office in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN) until May 1, 2010 . At its head was the church president elected for eight years by the church synod . He continued to include the deputy church president and the last six provosts elected for six years each .
The leading ecclesiastical office had the task of ensuring compliance with the church order, helping to shape the spiritual life in the congregations and deaneries and preparing the resolutions of the church leadership on spiritual issues. It met at the headquarters of the church government in Darmstadt .
The legal basis for the leading spiritual office was regulated in the order of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau in paragraphs 51 to 52. The 10th Synod of the EKHN in April 2008 discussed an amendment to the church ordinance at the first reading and adopted it in February 2010 with the church law on the revision of the church ordinance of February 20, 2010. This merged the leading spiritual office with the church leadership. In addition to the church president, his deputy and the provost with an advisory vote, the church leadership also includes the three heads of the church administration. An original proposal that the church president should use the official title of bishop in future was rejected by the church synod.
Web links
- Regulations of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (PDF file; 59 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official Journal of the EKHN, No. 4/2010 of April 1, 2010 ( Memento of the original of August 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 682 kB)
- ↑ EKHN press release from February 20, 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EKHN press release, No. 14/2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
