# DE Church Exits — Source Catalog

**Source ID:** DS-00021
**Record Created:** 2026-04-23
**Cataloger:** Sven / PAI

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## Sources

### Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD)
- **URL:** https://www.ekd.de/statistik-kirchenmitglieder.htm
- **Auth:** None
- **Coverage:** Annual Protestant membership, exits, entries, baptisms
- **Update frequency:** Annual (November press release)
- **Data access:** Manual extraction from press releases — no API or downloadable dataset

### Deutsche Bischofskonferenz (DBK)
- **URL:** https://www.dbk.de/presse/daten-und-fakten/kirchliche-statistik/
- **Auth:** None
- **Coverage:** Annual Catholic membership, exits, entries
- **Update frequency:** Annual (July–September report)
- **Data access:** Manual extraction from annual Kirchliche Statistik report — no API

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## Dataset

`Data/DE-Church-Exits/DE-Church-Exits.md`

## Connection to DE-Plan

Social cohesion indicator; institutional trust erosion