The United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (German: Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands, VELKD) was founded on July 8, 1948, in Eisenach, Germany.
Its total membership is 7.5 million people.
In 2018 it has been reduced from an independent legal entity to an administrative unit within the larger Protestant Church in Germany.
The leading bishop (German: Leitender Bischof) is Ralf Meister.
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