Margot Kaessmann at the head of the German Church

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Sunday, 08 November 2009

German Protestants for the first time the lead is a woman. Ecclesiastical parliament elected on Tuesday in Ulm (Baden-Württemberg) Hanover Ms Bishop Margot Kaessmann President of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany. 51-year-old Kaessmann, divorced mother of four children, covers the dignity of the 67-year Huberze Berlin Bishop Wolfgang, who is retiring. Kaessmann declares its willingness to acquire more people to faith through the Church going with the times. Evangelical Church in Germany is a national community of 22 Lutheran churches, Reformed and united, bringing together more than 25 million faithful.

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