Editing Minden (section)

===Christians===
[[File:Minden Marienkirche (Ansicht-von-SSO).jpg|thumb|St Mary's church]]

==== Protestant ====
The Reformation took hold in Minden between 1521 and 1529. The town contains six Protestant parishes today: St Mary's, St Martin's, St Mark's, St James' and the parishes of St Peter's and St Simeon's Churches. They all are parts of the Church District ({{lang|de|Kirchenkreis}}) of Minden and belong to the [[Evangelical Church of Westphalia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gemeinden |url=https://www.kkminden.de/kirchengemeinden/gemeinden/ |website=www.kkminden.de |date=27 May 2017 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>

==== Roman Catholic ====
According to the regulations of the Peace of Westphalia, Minden Cathedral remained in Catholic possession. During the population growth in the 19th century the small number of Catholics rose slowly, and because of the migration of expelled persons, working migrants, and refugees after World War II, the percentage of Catholics increased considerably among the population of Minden.

There are four Roman Catholic parishes in Minden: the parish of the cathedral St Peter and Gorgonius, and parishes of St Mauritius, St Paul and St Ansgar, which are all bound together to the Pastoral Cooperation (''Pastoralverbund'') Mindener Land as part of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pastoralverbund Mindener Land |url=http://www.pv-mindener-land.de/ |website=www.pv-mindener-land.de |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>

==== Other Christian Communities ====
Christian communities include the New Apostolics, the Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and others. Many of the Germans migrating from Russia and Central Asian countries belong to baptistic or mennonitic communities.

A small Quakers' community existed during the 19th century, but only their cemetery remains.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bernet |first1=Claus |title=Die Geschichte der Quäkergemeinde Minden. Teil 2: Von der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zu ihrer Selbstauflösung 1898 |journal=Westfälische Forschungen |date=2011 |volume=61 |pages=445–470}}</ref>