The Evangelical Lutheran Church
The order of the Church Service may differ from your church tradition if you are a Christian from another part of the world but the main elements are the same. The Danish Lutheran Folk Church is a main stream protestant church very much like the Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist or Reformed Church. Together with these churches, as well as The Catholic Church, The Orthodox Church and the free-churches (like Baptist, Pentecost, Apostolic etc.) the Lutheran Church confess the Apostolic Creed: | |||
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We renounce the devil and all | Vi forsager djævelen og alle hans |
According to official statistics from January 2005 83.1%
(4.498.703) of the Danes are members of the national church.
The church is organized in 12 dioceses and around 2000 parishes with about 2100 priests.
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