Germany Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/region/germany/ Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Global Ministries works with approximately 290 faith-based international partners in close to 90 countries. Our Vision: That all of God’s people and creation share in God’s abundant life. Our Mission: To receive and share the Good News of Jesus Christ by joining with global and local partners to work for justice, reconciliation, and peace. Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:01:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.globalministries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/favicon-150x150.png Germany Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/region/germany/ 32 32 WCC condemns assault at German Christmas market https://www.globalministries.org/wcc-condemns-assault-at-german-christmas-market/ Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:01:30 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=58000 Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), and Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, WCC moderator, have strongly condemned the act of violence perpetrated against people visiting a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on 20 … Read more

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]]> Pray with Germany, June 16, 2024 https://www.globalministries.org/resource/pray-with-germany-june-16-2024/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=resource&p=54634 Lectionary Selection:  Mark 4:26-34 Prayers for Germany God, we thankfully celebrate 75 years of democracy in Germany these days. In 1949, a constitution was signed that gave birth to a German government under the rule of law. This was not a given … Read more

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]]> WCC News: German church declaration rejecting Nazi policy remains inspiration, says WCC general secretary https://www.globalministries.org/wcc-news-german-church-declaration-rejecting-nazi-policy-remains-inspiration-says-wcc-general-secretary/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:41:17 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=55764 On the 90th anniversary of the Barmen Declaration where members of Germany’s Confessing Church condemned Nazi incursions in church life, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has praised it for helping Christians since then combat oppression … Read more

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]]> United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) Speaks on Unmasking Germany’s Questionable Alliances: Namibia’s Resolute Stand for Justice https://www.globalministries.org/united-congregational-church-of-southern-africa-uccsa-speaks-on-unmasking-germanys-questionable-alliances-namibias-resolute-stand-for-justice/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:44:13 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=54602 Context The United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA), One Church in seven countries, including Namibia, has been actively involved in social and political issues. This comes after Germany’s recent support of what it calls the “genocidal intent” of the … Read more

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]]> Pray with Germany, September 24, 2023 https://www.globalministries.org/resource/pray-with-germany-september-24-2023/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=resource&p=52068 Lectionary Selection:  Exodus 16:2-15 Prayers for Germany Our God, although being in the middle of the often-rainy Germany, the experiences and the grumbling of the people of Israel are portraying our situation: We are grumbling against you. We have questions, hesitations, … Read more

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]]> WCC: German Protestant Kirchentag opens in Nuremberg https://www.globalministries.org/wcc-german-protestant-kirchentag-opens-in-nuremberg/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:59:53 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=51552 With the topics of the war in Ukraine and climate protection as the focal points, the 38th German Protestant Kirchentag takes place in Nuremberg, Germany from 7 to 11 June. The World Council of Churches’ presence in the Kirchentag’s exhibition … Read more

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]]> Thoughts from Germany https://www.globalministries.org/thoughts-from-germany/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:42:58 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=45644 Rosalind Gnatt serves with the Evangelical Church of Hesse-Nassau, Germany. I am no expert in the political systems of Germany or the United States, though I have followed politics and faithfully voted since I was eighteen. I’ve been asked to … Read more

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]]> Pray with Germany, November 7, 2021 https://www.globalministries.org/resource/pray-with-germany-november-7-2021/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=resource&p=44241 Lectionary Selection:  Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 Prayers for Germany On October 3, as the Bergkirche – the Evangelical Church in Wiesbaden – celebrated Erntedankfest (Harvest Thanksgiving), it also recognized the final day of an art installation entitled Die Anderen (the others). As … Read more

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]]> Eleanor McCormick https://www.globalministries.org/people/eleanor-mccormick/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:33:02 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=person&p=44847 Rev. McCormick serves as Ecumenical Pastor in the Evangelische Kirche Grötzingen in Germany, including weekly worship leadership and planning, confirmation instruction, young adult ministry, and monthly preaching engagements in the local congregation and broader region.

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]]> Hannah A. Cranbury https://www.globalministries.org/people/hannah-a-cranbury/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:27:39 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=person&p=44149 Hannah Cranberry serves with the Evangelical Church of Hese Nassau, Germany.

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