The Ely-North Elbe Link
The Diocese of Ely has had a link with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the North Elbe in Germany since 1991.
Activities under the auspices of the Ely-North Elbe Link have included:
- Links between parishes and deaneries in England and Germany.
- The exchange of clergy.
- Joint training for curates
The area covered by the North Elbian Church stretches from Hamburg to the Danish border. It has three bishops based in Hamburg, Schleswig and Lübeck, over eight hundred churches and chapels and over a thousand pastors.
Their website (in German) can be found at www.nordelbien.de. An English language site hosted by the Protestant Churches of Germany can be found at www.ekd.de/english/2169.html
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