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Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt
The
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche
Basel-Stadt
is a
Reformed denomination
in the
canton
of Basel-Stadt. In
2004
it had 51,000 members in six German
parishes
with 3 German
speaking
congregations
, one
Italian
, one
French
Reformed
congregation
and 49
ordained
clergy
. Member of the
Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund
and the
Conference of Churches on the Rhine
.
The church
was
established
by
Johannes Oekolampad
in
1529
. For 400 years was the state
church in
Basel
.
Women ordination
is allowed.