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Evangelical Church of Romania
| Evangelical Church of Romania | |
|---|---|
| Biserica Evanghelică Română | |
| Abbreviation | BER |
| Type | Eastern Christianity |
| Classification | Eastern Protestant |
| Orientation | Plymouth Brethren (with Orthodox influences) |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Theology | Sola scriptura |
| Polity | Congregationalist |
| Region | Romania |
| Language | Romanian |
| Headquarters | Str. Carol Davila nr. 48, Sector 5, Bucharest |
| Founder | Teodor Popescu & Dumitru Cornilescu |
| Origin | 1923 |
| Separated from | Romanian Orthodox Church (1924) Christian Evangelical Church of Romania (1989) |
| Merged into | Christian Evangelical Church of Romania (1939) |
| Congregations | ca. 220 |
| Members | 15,514 (in 2011)[1] |
| Other name(s) | Christians of the Scriptures, Tudorists[2] |
| Publications | Adevărul Creștin |
| Official website | ber |
The Evangelical Church of Romania (Romanian: Biserica Evanghelică Română, BER) is a Protestant denomination that emerged out of the Romanian Orthodox Church. It is one of Romania's eighteen officially recognised religious denominations.
- ^ Sorin Negruți (2014). "The evolution of the religious structure in Romania since 1859 to the present day" (PDF). Revista Română de Statistică (6): 46. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ considered pejorative by some
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