Reformed churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn

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Reformed churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn
Logo of the Reformed Churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn
Logo of the Reformed Churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn
General
Belief evangelical reformed
distribution Cantons of Bern and Jura and the upper part of the canton of Solothurn
founding
Establishment date 1528
numbers
Members approx. 613,500
Communities 217
Others
Website www.refbejuso.ch

The Reformed Churches Bern-Jura-Solothurn are an association of the Reformed regional churches of the Swiss cantons of Bern , Jura and Solothurn and belong to the Evangelical Reformed Church in Switzerland .

history

The origins of the Reformed Church in the canton of Bern go back to the introduction of the Reformation in 1528. Since then, the church area has already comprised eight parishes in the upper part of the canton of Solothurn. After the founding of the canton of Jura, the Reformed churches of the cantons of Bern and Jura merged to form a synodal association in 1980 .

structure

The highest body of the Synodal Union is the Synod, which usually meets twice a year for two days each time. The synod is responsible for the “internal affairs” of the church, approves the budget and elects the executive, the synodal council. The Synodal Council is composed of six part-time Synodal Councilors and a full-time Synodal Council President. The President of the Synodal Council is currently Andreas Zeller . Due to the state church structure in the canton of Bern, "external affairs" are handled by the church administration.

A pietistic community within the Reformed Churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn is the Evangelical Community .

Members and Church Press

The association comprises 217 parishes and in 2017 had a total of 613,686 members (of which 570,718 in the canton of Bern, 35,787 in the canton of Solothurn and 7,181 in the canton of Jura), making it one of the largest and most financially strong churches in the world community Reformed churches .

Many parishes of the Reformed Church in Bern-Jura-Solothurn have reformed the monthly newspaper for their members . (formerly Saemann ) subscribed.

See also

Web links

Commons : Reformed Churches Bern-Jura-Solothurn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Church Statistics 2017. Reformed Churches Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Synodal Council, accessed on August 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Hans Herrmann: Wikipedia makes the Bern church too big In: reformiert. , February 21, 2020, accessed on February 26, 2020.