Polish Ecumenical Council

The name of the Polish Ecumenical Council ( Polish: Polska Rada Ekumeniczna - PRE ) carries a composite of Polish Old Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches that have come together after the Second World War.

Objectives and organization

Community, which was formed in 1946 goals, are the "spiritual approach " and the " maintenance of brotherhood " in the relationship between the churches. The insert for freedom of religion is particularly important.

Unlike the - comparable - " Council of Christian Churches in Germany " is the Roman Catholic Church is not a member of the Polish Ecumenical Council.

The current chairman is the Orthodox Bishop of Wroclaw Szczecin Jeremiasz Anchimiuk.

Members

Member churches

  • Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church ( Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny )
  • Evangelical Augsburg Confession in Poland ( Kościół Ewangelicko - Augsburski w RP)
  • Evangelical Reformed Church in Poland ( Kościół Evangelicko - Reformowany w RP)
  • United Methodist Church in Poland ( Kościół Ewangelicko - Metodystyczny w RP)
  • Polish Catholic Church in Poland ( Old Catholic ) ( Kościół Polskokatolicki w RP)
  • Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites in Poland ( Kościół Starokatolicki Mariatwitów w RP)
  • Christ Baptist Church in Poland ( Kościół Chrześcijan Baptystów w RP)

The seven member churches representing three-quarters of a million Christians.

Member organizations

  • Bible Society in Poland ( Towarzystwo Biblijne w Polsce )
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
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