Evangelical Reformed Church in Valais

The Evangelical Reformed Church in Valais or in French the Église réformée évangélique du Valais or Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche des Wallis is a Reformed cantonal State church in Valais.[1]

It has 12 parishes and 17 ministers represents more than 20,000 members, but the number is increasing, because the move of the Reformed people to the canton from other Swiss cantons.[2] It has 12 congregations in the Canton, in Brig, Visp, Leukerbad, Sierre, Crans-Montana, Sion, Coude Rhone Martigny-Saxon, 2 Rivers, Monthey, Haut-Lac.[3][4] Women ordination is allowed.

References

  1. ^ http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=13317&lg=eng www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=13317&lg=eng
  2. ^ www.erkw.ch/cms/index.php?id=81&L=1 Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine|
  3. ^ http://www.erkw.ch/cms/index.php?id=31&L=1www.erkw.ch/cms/index.php?id=31&L=1 Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "www.erkw.ch/cms/index.php?id=84&L=1". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-16.

Further reading

  • Schlaeppi, François: Der Protestantismus ein Platz in der Walliser Gesellschaft. Einige geschichtliche Notizen gesammelt aus Anlass des [sic] 70-Jahr-Feier der Verfassung der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirche des Wallis 1949 - 2019. O.O., 2021. [As a bilingual booklet at the same time: Schlaeppi, François: Le protestantisme une place dans la société valaisanne. Quelques notes d'histoire rassemblées à l'occasion du 70ème anniversaire de la constitution de l'Eglise réformée évangélique du Valais 1949 - 2019]. (Also includes a bibliography with French-language titles).


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