| Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia | |
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| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Lutheran |
| Polity | Episcopal-synodical |
| Bishop-General | Ivan Eľko |
| Associations | Lutheran World Federation World Council of Churches Conference of European Churches Community of Protestant Churches in Europe |
| Region | Slovakia |
| Origin | 1918 |
| Separated from | Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary |
| Congregations | 326 |
| Members | 286,907 [1] |
| Official website | https://www.ecav.sk/ |
The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (in Slovak Evanjelická cirkev augsburského vyznania na Slovensku, ECAV) is the only Lutheran church in Slovakia. The Church is a member of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Slovakia,[2] and the Lutheran World Federation (Central Eastern Europe Region).[3]
- ^ [1] Archived 2022-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Census 2021
- ^ "ERC:: Ekumenická rada cirkví v SR". www.ekumena.sk. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ "Member Churches". The Lutheran World Federation. 2013-05-19. Archived from the original on 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2021-10-20.