Sunday, July 27, 2014

30 Rebasse
Evangelist Reform Church

Evangelical Reformed Church
Basel-kleina, Switzerland


"The Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Basel-Stadt (literally: Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton 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.
"The church was established by Johannes Oekolampad in 1529. For 400 years was the state church in Basel." (Link 1.)


Entrance

Sanctury

Organ

Photos: Taken in May 2014 by Richard Wilson while living and working in 
                 Basel, Switzerland.
Link 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical-
            Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_Basel-Stadt
Link 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Oekolampad


Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.)

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