Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck

Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck

Abbreviation	EKKW
Type	Landeskirche, member of the Evangelical Church in Germany
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	United Protestant (Lutheran & Reformed)
Leader	Bishop Martin Hein
Associations	Union Evangelischer Kirchen, Reformed Alliance
Region	~ 10.000 km² in northern and eastern Hesse, Schmalkalden in Thuringia
Headquarters	Kassel, Germany
Origin	1934
Merger of	Protestant Churches of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck
Members	885.666 (2012) ~ 50% of total population
Official website	http://www.ekkw.de/

The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck (German: Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck; EKKW) is a United Protestant church body in former Hesse-Cassel and the Waldeck part of the former Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont.

The EKKW is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the Reformed Alliance, and is based on the teachings presented by Martin Luther during the Reformation. Their Bishop is Martin Hein. The bishop's preaching venue is the Martinskirche in Kassel. It is a Protestant church united in administration, comprising Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist), and Protestant union congregations upholding Calvinist (Reformed) and Lutheran traditions. The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck is one of 20 churches within the EKD.