| Ambit of the Protestant Church in Baden besides the ambits of other Protestant regional churches in Germany | |
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| Basic data | |
| Ambit area: | c. 15,000 km2 (5,800 sq mi) |
| Spiritual leader: | Landesbischöfin Heike Springhart |
| Memberships: | EKD (as of 1945), UEK (as of 2004) |
| Prelatures (Kirchenkreise, led by prelates): |
2 (Northern and Southern Baden) |
| Deaneries (Dekanate/ Kirchenbezirke): |
26 |
| Parishes: | by 715 (2011) |
| Number of parishioners: | 1,083,393 (31.12.2020)[1] |
| Share of parishioners in the overall population in the ambit: |
23.3 % (31.12.2020)[1] |
| Website: | www.ekiba.de |
The Protestant Church in Baden (German: Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden; i.e. Evangelical Regional Church in Baden) is a United Protestant member church of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), and member of the Conference of Churches on the Rhine (since 1961), which now functions as a regional group of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE). The Evangelical Church in Baden is a united Protestant church. Its headquarter, the Evangelical Superior Church Council (German: Evangelischer Oberkirchenrat, EOK) is located in Karlsruhe.
The church is not to be confused with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden, based in Freiburg im Breisgau.
- ^ a b Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020 EKD, November 2021