Abstract<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe article presents summarized and partial results of a five-year research (2022-2026) on the scientific project \u201cChurches of Reformation Heritage in Croatia (1990-2020).\u201d The article is published in two parts, in the spring and autumn editions of the Kairos Journal. The first part focuses on the legal status, restructuring, and overall state of churches of the Reformation Heritage in Croatia in 2021. The second part discusses and analyzes the burning issue
\nof their spiritual, theological, and social identity. The first part of the article explains the objectives of the project, its applied research methodology, and terminology used, while also defining key concepts and explaining the basic characteristics of the aforementioned churches. The article then explores the legal status of churches after the separation of the Republic of Croatia from Yugoslavia and its independence in 1991. The legal status of churches
\nin the Republic of Croatia was established by the Constitution, the Act on the Legal Status of Religious Communities, contracts of individual religious communities with the Government of the Republic of Croatia, and accompanying implementing acts. This was followed by the process of restructuring the churches, which was thoroughly researched, and this article explains the most important findings. Finally, the article provides statistical data on restructured churches of the Reformation Heritage as of March 28, 2021.<\/p>\n
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legal status;\u00a0identity of Christians;\u00a0evangelical Christianity;\u00a0churches of the Reformation heritage;\u00a0Protestantism;\u00a0Baptists;\u00a0Pentecostals;\u00a0charismatics;\u00a0independent churches;\u00a0Churches of Christ<\/p>\n
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331659<\/p>\n
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