The headquarters of the church is made up from the secretariat and economical division. Its responsibility is to secure the church and its run from the point of view of representation as well as economy.
There is a whole range of organizations or projects working in the SECAC which participate with their specific contribution in the mission of the church.
Operation costs of the church are partially subsidized by the state, further they are covered by voluntary donations of the church members and from grants. The cuts in the state budget increase the relevance of voluntary donations of members of individual congregations.
The members of the church council are:
The headquarters of the Church is in Český Těšín.
The Bishop is responsible for the activity of the church as a whole. For a discharge of his office he is responsible to the synod assembly.
The Bishop is elected by the synod assembly as one of the ordained ministers in active service, who has served for at least 15 years in church ministry. The term lasts 6 years and the bishop can be elected, at the maximum, twice. He can discharge his function until age of 65 years.
At present the function of the bishop is executed by Mgr. Jan Wacławek.
Our church grows out of the apostolic teaching as understood by the Reformation and subsequently by the revival movements in the history of our church.
The preamble in the Constitution of SECAC says:
“The believers in the triune God united in the Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession are part of Christ´s Church. Our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ established the Church Himself and ordained Her mission. He is the head of the Church and He entrusted to Her the greatest gift that is the Gospel. That is why evangelism, missions and ministry to the needy are manifestations of the living church.
The basis of the teachings of the church is the Bible, which is the inspired and infallible Word of God. The church endorses the Augsburg Confession (1530), as well as other symbolic books of this confession which present an expression of the historical and spiritual bond with the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther.“
The corpus of all our confessional (symbolical) writings is contained in the Book of Concord.
Our church operates especially in the territory of Těšín Silesia in the Moravskoslezský region in the north-eastern corner of the Czech Republic, bordering on Poland and Slovakia. It associates with believers especially of Czech and Polish nationality and worship services are held in both languages.
The church is the assembly of saints in which the gospel is taught purely and sacraments administered rightly.
Augsburg confession, article 7 – Concerning the church
The church has 22 congregations, with preaching and mission stations. According to statistics from the year 2007 our church has 15 357 members. Hence it is the largest Lutheran church in the country
Although we are one of many denominations, we believe in one Church of Christ. As a part of this catholic Church it is our desire to fulfil the mission to preach the Gospel purely, rightly administer the Sacraments and conduct a life of God´s people by
- worshipping the triune God
- mutual service in love
- helping the needy
- gaining and teaching new disciples of Christ
As history and theology are concerned, we belong to the family of the so called Protestant churches that came up from the Reformation of the 16th century. In our teaching and proclamation we lay stress on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, i.e. "the good tidings" of God´s grace and the salvation of man through faith in Jesus Christ.
This annex specifies an evangelical identity and it means that we profess above all the legacy of Luther´s Reformation. The Augsburg confession was submitted to the Caesar, Charles the V, in Augsburg, Germany, in 1530 and since then it presents one of the basic doctrinal pillars of all Lutherans.
History and Present of the Church:
The members of the 29thSynodical Assembly of the Silesian Evangelical Church of the A.C. (SCEAV) have elected Jan Wacławek as the new bishop in its first session. He is the seventh bishop of the SCEAV. He has succeeded Stanislav Pietak, bishop emeritus, who left his office in March 2011. The term of the SCEAV bishop is 6 years.
V neděli 16. června 2013 se v Českém Těšíně v evangelickém kostele Na Nivách konala ekumenická bohoslužba pořádána místní skupinou České Evangelikální Aliance (ČEA). Bohoslužba byla uspořádána v rámci Svátku tří bratří – společného svátku obou části města Těšína. Bohoslužeb se zúčastnili členové těšínských farních sborů církví sdružených v ČEA – Apoštolské cíkve, Církve bratrské, Českobratrské církve evangelické, Křesťanských sborů, Slezské církve evangelické a. v.
Srdečně Vás zveme k účasti na Setkání křesťanů střední a východní Evropy, které se uskuteční ve dnech 4. -6. července 2014 ve Vratislavi (Wrocław). Setkání křesťanů střední a východní Evropy je pokračováním setkání tří, čtyř a nyní šesti národů, která se v minulosti konala v Görlitz, Wiśle, Českém Těšíně, Praze, Bratislavě a naposledy v Drážďanech. Setkání křesťanů východní a střední Evropy ve Vratislavi v roce 2014 bude v pořadí devátým a záštitu nad ním přijal prezident Polské republiky Bronisław Komorowski.
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