Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland

Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Republic of Poland
Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationLutheranism
PolityEpiscopal
Bishop of the ChurchJerzy Samiec
AssociationsConference of European Churches,
Lutheran World Federation,
Polish Ecumenical Council,
World Council of Churches
RegionPoland
Origin16th century
Separated fromCatholic Church
Members61,217[1]
Official websiteOfficial website
Holy Trinity Church, Warsaw, of Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession in Poland.
Lutheran Church of Peace in Jawor- UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Republic of Poland (Polish: Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a Lutheran denomination and the largest Protestant body in Poland with about 61,000 members and 133 parishes.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Niektóre wyznania religijne w Polsce w 2018 r. (Selected religious denominations in Poland in 2018)". Mały Rocznik Statystyczny Polski 2019 (Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2019) (PDF) (in Polish and English). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2019. p. 114. ISSN 1640-3630. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-22.