Śląski Kościół Ewangelicki Augsburskiego Wyznania po 1989 roku
The Silesian Evangelican-Augsburg Church after 1989

Summary/Abstract: The Silesian evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession in the Czech Republic is the follower of the pre-War Augsburg Church. At the beginning of the 1990s its congregation amounted to 33 thousand followers. Since the time of its establishment in 1923 it was a Polish institution which – in the interwar period – defended its autonomy against attacks of Czech evangelists. After the war it managed to preserve its independence due to its farfetched loyalty towards the communist state. It was this background, as well as the attitude to the character of functioning of the communities that gave rise to conflicts within the Silesian Church at the beginning of the 1990s. They resulted in a split and establishing Lutheran evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession, with the congregation of about 10 thousand followers. At present the number amounts to 5 thousand members.

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