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The German Church (German: Deutsche Kirche) in Liverpool is in Bedford Street South/ Canning Street and is part of the German speaking churches of North England.
The North of England German Protestant churches are members of the "Synod of German-speaking Lutheran, Reformed and United Congregations in Great Britain" and come under the care of the overseas department of the Protestant Church in Germany. Services in German are held twice a month on the first (4:00 pm) and third Sundays (11:00 am).
Regular Groups include a Faith discussion group, Wirral Circle and a Toddler Play Group.
Origins edit
In the 1840s an English cleric from the Church of England (Anglican Communion) came across a prayer meeting of some Germans in a disused ship on the River Mersey, a man was ordained and ministered to this congregation. Initially it was a German-speaking congregation in the Church of England, later to become affiliated with the Lutheran-Protestant church.
This is the origin of the German Lutheran-Protestant (E.K.D.) congregation in Liverpool. After using many different buildings for worship and education, it built its own structure in 1960.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The history of Lutherans in Britain". Council of Lutheran Churches. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
External links edit
- German-speaking church in Liverpool
- German-speaking church in North England and East Midlands
- "Walk in Faith" at liverpool.gov.uk
- "From Many Nations" (extract) GJR Cienciala (1975) at lutheran.org
- Geschichte der Deutschen evangelischen Kirche zu Liverpool Albert Rosenkranz (1921) at archive.org
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