Danish Church in Southern Schleswig

Danish Church in Southern Schleswig
Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig
Church of the Holy Spirit (Danish: Helligåndskirken) in Flensburg
AbbreviationDKS
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationLutheran
RegionSouthern Schleswig
LanguageDanish
HeadquartersFlensburg
Branched fromChurch of Denmark
Congregationsc. 30
Membersc. 6,000
Official websitewww.dks-folkekirken.dk

The Danish Church in Southern Schleswig (Danish: Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig) is an evangelical Lutheran church in Southern Schleswig in Northern Germany.

The church was founded by the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig and is affiliated with the Danish Church Abroad and the Church of Denmark.[1] Though the church operates independently, it is overseen by the bishop of the Diocese of Haderslev.[2] As such, it shares many of the Church of Denmark's liberal views, including its support for the ordination of women and of remarriage after divorce.

Today, the church has nearly 30 congregations across Southern Schleswig and approximately 6,000 registered members who are serviced at 62 individual places of warship.[3][4] The central church is the Church of the Holy Spirit (Danish: Helligåndskirken) in Flensburg.[5]

  1. ^ "Sydslesvig". Danske Sømands- og Udlandskirker (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. ^ "Syv provstier og Sydslesvig". Haderslev Stift (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  3. ^ "Om DKS". Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. ^ "Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig e.V." (PDF). Folketinget. 2016. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  5. ^ "Mitgliederzahlen: Protestantismus". REMID: Religionswissenschaftlicher Medien- und Informationsdienst (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-26.