Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony
The Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony is the union of the five regional Protestant churches located in the Lower Saxony. The confederation meets only tasks assigned to it by the national churches. It represents the interests of Protestant regional churches towards the state of Lower Saxony.
Member churches
The Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony represents about four million church members in more than 2,200 communities. It comprises the following regionally delineated national churches, which are all member churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany :- Evangelical [Lutheran Church in Brunswick]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
- Evangelical [Reformed Church in Germany]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe
Facilities
- Rechtshof as a common constitutional and administrative courts
- Labor and employment law committees
- Arbitration and conciliation commissions
- examination Office
- Protestant village assistants work Niedersachsen (Evangelische Erwachsenenbildung Niedersachsen
- Church service in the police and customs
Administration
The confederation has its own synod. The Synod will decide on laws and finances of the Confederacy. The management of the Confederacy takes over an office that is housed in the regional church office in Hanover.