Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania (Romanian: Biserica Evanghelică-Luterană din România; Hungarian: Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház; German: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Rumänien) is a Lutheran denomination in Romania.^[1] Many active congregations were founded over 450 years ago,^[2] and today the Church has 27,540 members.^[3] It is primarily a Hungarian-speaking denomination, with one deanery for Slovak-speaking parishes.^[4]

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania
Romániai Evangélikus-Lutheránus Egyház (hu) Biserica Evanghelică-Luterană din România (ro)
Cluj-Napoca Evangelical Church
Type	Western Christianity
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Lutheranism
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Lutheran theology
Polity	Synodal
Bishop	Adorjáni Dezső
Parishes	39
Associations	Lutheran World Federation Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe Conference of European Churches World Council of Churches
Region	Romania
Language	Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, German
Headquarters	Bd. 21 Decembrie 1989 nr.1, Cluj-Napoca
Origin	4 July 1920
Recognition	1948 (by the state)
Separated from	German Lutheran Church of Transylvania (hungarian-speaking congregations) Lutheran Church in Hungary (congregations from Crișana)
Members	20,168 (2011)
Priests	46
Places of worship	47
Tertiary institutions	Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj
Publications	Evangélikus Harangszó Református Szemle
Official website	evangelikus.ro

This church is not to be confused with the mainly Saxon, German-speaking Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession.

See also

• Religion in Romania
• Freedom of religion in Romania
• Romanian Orthodox Church
• Romanian Evangelical Alliance
• Evangelical Church of Romania
• Catholic Church in Romania