Evangelical Church in the Rhineland

The Protestant Church in the Rhineland (German: Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland; EKiR) is a United Protestant church body in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse (Wetzlar).

The blessing of same-sex unions has been allowed by the synod and depends on the local church administration (German: Presbyterium, English: presbytery).

The Protestants in Hohenzollern merged in 1950 with the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, whilst retaining the previous old-Prussian order of service.

[4] The legislative assembly of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland is the regional synod (Landessynode).

Since the ecclesiastical province assumed its independence each praeses is speaker of the synod and leader of the church.