Sylvia Michel (minister)
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Sylvia Michel (25 December 1935 – 24 June 2025) was a Swiss Reformed minister. She served as Europe's first female church council president by being elected to the position for the Reformed Church of Aargau. A church award is named after her.[1] She also served as president of a working group concerning South Africa.[2] Michel died at a nursing home in Wald, Zürich, on 24 June 2025, at the age of 89.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ World Communion of Reformed Churches
- ^ Caroline Jeannerat; Eric Morier-Genoud; Didier Péclard (2011). Embroiled: Swiss Churches, South Africa and Apartheid. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 310. ISBN 978-3-8258-9796-3.
- ^ "Die ehemalige Kirchenratspräsidentin, Pfarrerin Sylvia Michel, ist verstorben". ref-ag.ch, 7 July 2025 (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Claudia Bandixen, Silvia Pfeiffer & Frank Worbs (eds.) Wenn Frauen Kirche leiten: neuer Trend in den reformierten Kirchen der Schweiz, Zürich, 2006 ISBN 3-290-17418-2
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