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Swiss Federation of Protestant Churches

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Also known as: Fédération des Églises Protestantes de la Suisse, Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund
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German:
Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund
French:
Fédération Des Églises Protestantes De La Suisse
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1920 - present
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Swiss Federation of Protestant Churches, confederation founded in 1920 to represent the interests of the churches in social issues, government liaison, and overseas mission and aid work. Membership is open to Christian churches that have adopted the principles of the Reformation. The Federation is composed of the Evangelical and Reformed churches of 17 of Switzerland’s 25 cantons, the Evangelical Methodist Church, the Free Church of Geneva, the Evangelical Reformed diaspora churches in the largely Catholic canton of Tessin, and several Evangelical Reformed churches serving Swiss congregations in foreign countries. Federation policies, which are decided at meetings of a governing assembly ...(100 of 200 words)

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