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We have chosen a Bible verse to accompany us because we hope that it has its own voice, its own wondrous power that will help us to live.

Annette Kurschus
Chair of the Council of the EKD

The bible

Jesus Christ speaks: Whoever comes to me I will not cast out.

John
6,37

Foundations of Faith and Church

One cannot decide to have faith. The Bible says that the ability to believe is inspired by the Holy Spirit. But the Spirit is happy to be helped. For example, one can attend a church service and say the creed together with the other worshippers, or read the Bible, the book of having faith in God.

For the most part, the religious life of Christians in Germany happens in their local parishes. However, the Evangelical Church in Germany is even more than this, because on account of our faith we also assume responsibility for society. This commitment is reflected by the activities of institutions and facilities in the regional churches and the EKD.

Man and woman holding a globe between themselves.

The network connecting the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) with other churches worldwide runs around the whole globe. The EKD cooperates in the World Council of Churches with almost 350 Christian churches. It is a member of numerous ecumenical committees and maintains special relations with churches in Europe and individual countries.

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5/19/2022 Press Release
EKD Publication calls for a Social and Ecological Trans-formation of the Financial System

“The financial scandals of recent times - In particular, the Cum Ex or Wirecard scandals – reveal that there are deficiencies of accountability in the financial economy and its supervision by policy-makers and the rule of law,” writes Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, of the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD - Protestant Church in Germany), in his foreword to the EKD Text “Towards a Sustainable and Just Financial system” published last year in German. </span>
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5/12/2022 Press Release
Pentecostal Movement and Charismatisation

The Advisory Commission on Worldwide Ecumenism of the 'EKD – Protestant Church in Germany' has for several years been following the development of Pentecostal churches and discussing the topic with numerous international experts. On this basis, a study paper entitled “Pentecostal Movement and Charismatisation. Approaches – Suggestions – Perspectives” was drawn up and published in German in 2021.
3/24/2022 Press Release
“End the violence, oppose the hatred”

At its two-day meeting concluding today (24 March), the Church Conference of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) dealt extensively with the war that the President of the Russian Federation began against Ukraine.
3/14/2022 Press Release
The UEK awards Karl Barth Prize for 2022 to Katherine Sonderegger

The Union of Evangelical Churches in the EKD (UEK) is awarding the Karl Barth Prize of the UEK in 2022 to the US theologian Katherine Sonderegger. Katherine Sonderegger is professor of systematic theology at Virginia Theological Seminary. </span>
11/18/2021 Press Release
“From the borderland Jesus’s voice reaches us”

Thousands of people are suffering increasing hardship in the Polish Belarus border area, and the political tension is mounting. For that reason, the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the “Christian Vision” working group of the Coordination Council for Belarus are together calling on political leaders to enable immediate access to humanitarian aid, to comply with applicable law and not to use people as a plaything of politics.
11/10/2021 Press Release
EKD: Annette Kurschus is new Council Chair

At its session in Bremen this morning, the EKD Synod and Church Conference elected Annette Kurschus, Church President of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia, as chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) by a majority of 126 out of 140 votes cast. </span>

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EKD Publication calls for a Social and Ecological Trans-formation of the Financial System

Pentecostal Movement and Charismatisation

“End the violence, oppose the hatred”

The UEK awards Karl Barth Prize for 2022 to Katherine Sonderegger

“From the borderland Jesus’s voice reaches us”

EKD: Annette Kurschus is new Council Chair

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