United Protestant Church of France

The United Protestant Church of France (French: Église

United Protestant Church
protestante unie de France) is the main and largest Protestant
church in France, created in 2013 through the unification of the of France
Reformed Church of France and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Église protestante unie de
of France. It is active in all parts of Metropolitan France apart from France
Alsace and Moselle, where the Union of Protestant Churches of
Alsace and Lorraine is established.

It has 250,000 members and its orientation is both Calvinist and

Lutheran, mainly in that it incorporates both kinds of parishes
throughout the country.[1] Ordination of women and blessings of
same-sex marriages are allowed.[2] The church believes abortion
Classification Protestant
may be allowable under certain circumstances.[3]
Orientation Calvinist and
Lutheran
See also
President Emmanuelle
Huguenots Seyboldt
National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Region France (except
Churches of France Alsace and
Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace Moselle)
and Lorraine
Protestant Federation of France Origin 2013

Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine Merger of Reformed

Church of France
Evangelical
References Lutheran Church
1. Churches in France - United Protestant Church of of France
France (https://www.lutheranworld.org/country/france) Congregations 960
The Lutheran World Federation
Members 250,000
2. Reuters: French Protestant church allows gay marriage
blessing, 2015 (http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-france-pr Ministers 456
otestant-marriage-idUKKBN0O20M220150517) Official website eglise-
3. Méjean, Laure (2020-04-18). "L'avortement" (https://etoil protestante-unie
e.pro/reflexions/vos-questions/vivre-en-chretien/l-avorte .fr (https://eglise-
ment). Eglise Protestante Unie de l'Étoile (in French). protestante-unie.f
Retrieved 2023-10-23.
r)

External links
Official website (https://eglise-protestante-unie.fr)
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