Unity of the Brethren (Czech Republic)
The Unity of the Brethren (Czech: Jednota bratrská) is the ecclesiastical province of the Moravian Church in the Czech Republic. Due to a schism in the province in 2000, eight of its original congregations comprise the so-called Herrnhut Seniorate of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.
| Unity of the Brethren Jednota bratrská | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Hussite (Bohemian) with Lutheran Pietist influences |
| Polity | Presbyterian |
| Head bishop | Evald Rucký |
| Associations | Moravian Church |
| Region | Czech Republic |
| Headquarters | Liberec, Czech Republic |
| Origin | 1880 |
| Other name(s) | Evangelical Church of the Brethren Herrnhutian Church of the Brethren |
| Official website | jbcr.cz |
It is located in the lands (Bohemia and Moravia) of the origins of the Bohemian Reformation, a movement that later created the Moravian Church.
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