Tag: Protestant church
Bavaria: Evangelical Church announces cuts – closures possible – Bavaria
According to the new regional bishop Christian Kopp, the Protestant Church in Bavaria must prepare for significant cuts. “We have to discuss how many houses a shrinking church needs,” he…
Evangelical Church: Council Chairwoman Annette Kurschus resigns – Politics
Annette Kurschus, chairwoman of the Evangelical Church in Germany, stumbles over allegations of a cover-up in an abuse scandal. She doesn’t want to have made any mistakes. Or did she…
Annette Kurschus: EKD chairwoman resigns after allegations – politics
The council chairwoman of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Annette Kurschus, has announced her resignation. The 60-year-old is also resigning from her position as President of the Evangelical Church…
EKD chairwoman Kurschus resigns – politics
The council chairwoman of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Annette Kurschus, has announced her resignation. The 60-year-old is also resigning from her position as President of the Evangelical Church…
Religious study: What drives Germans out of the churches
vor eleven years ago, three quarters of the Protestant church members at the time said that leaving was out of the question for them. But now only 35 percent of…
Thomas Prieto Peral, new Protestant regional bishop – Munich
Thomas Prieto Peral, the new Protestant regional bishop for Munich and Upper Bavaria, has set up an aid organization for Christians in the Middle East, wants to create spaces for…
Bavaria: New Protestant regional bishop Kopp takes office – Bavaria
Christian Kopp has been wearing the gold official cross of the Protestant regional bishop in Bavaria since Sunday. The 59-year-old took office at a celebratory service in the Lorenz Church…
Christian Kopp takes office as Protestant regional bishop in Bavaria – portrait – Bavaria
Christian Kopp was not born into a career as a churchman: his father, a business economist, would have loved to see his son become a banker. When remembering his own…
Triefenstein Monastery: Abuse among fellow believers – Bavaria
It is the dark side of the brotherhood’s history that remained hidden behind monastery walls in the Spessart for years: around five years after the death of a co-founder, the…
Bavaria: Farewell to regional bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm – Bavaria
It will probably be an emotional moment: This Sunday, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm will celebrate his last service as Bavarian Protestant regional bishop in Munich. After twelve years, the 63-year-old says goodbye…