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]