Ecumenical center
An ecumenical center brings together one or more buildings that are used by several Christian denominations. It is thus a modern form or a further development of the simultaneous church .
In general, an ecumenical center is understood to mean a center of the two national church denominations - Roman Catholic and Protestant (depending on the regional church, Protestant-Lutheran, Reformed or Unified). But there are also ecumenical centers that unite more or other Christian denominations, often with a parish hall , educational and meeting character, sometimes without spaces for worship. Obligations to save and the downgrading of ecumenism in the priority of the national churches led to the loss of the independence of congregations in the centers. In some cases, one of the two national church partners has left the joint ecumenical center or has not been part of it from the start.
The ecumenical awakening in the Roman Catholic Church since the ecumenism decree Unitatis redintegratio of the Second Vatican Council of November 21, 1964 with the abandonment of the return ecumenical movement and the participation of the Roman Catholic Church in the ecumenical movement has led to the to manifest new thinking in church building, especially in new building areas.
List of ecumenical centers
Both parishes are independent parish / church parishes
| Inauguration date | Surname | place | Diocese / regional church |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1974 new building August 21/22, 1982 |
Ecumenical church center "Arche" St. Franziskus / Stephanus | Neckargemünd | Freiburg / Baden |
| December 6/7, 1975 | Ecumenical Center Lengfeld | Wurzburg-Lengfeld | Würzburg / Bavaria |
| December 5, 1976 | Ecumenical Center St. James / Pilgrims' Path | Frankenthal | Speyer / Palatinate |
| 1./2.11.1980 | Ecumenical Community Center St. Jakobus / Philippuskirchengemeinde | Darmstadt-Kranichstein | Mainz / Hessen-Nassau |
| 2.5.1982 | Ecumenical Church Center St. Maximilian Kolbe / Bonhoeffergemeinde | Hanover-Mühlenberg | Hildesheim / Hanover |
| December 7, 1986 | Church center St. Maximilian-Kolbe / Martin-Niemöller-Church | Nuremberg-Langwasser | Eichstätt / Bavaria |
| December 15, 1986 | Ecumenical Center St. Thomas More / Reconciliation Congregation | Karlsruhe-Oberreut | Freiburg / Baden |
| December 2, 1990 | Ecumenical Center Our Father / Christ Church Congregation | Boeblingen-Diezenhalde | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 4.5.2005 | Ecumenical Center St. Florian / Sophienkirche | Munich trade fair city Riem | Munich-Freising / Bavaria |
One or both municipalities are subsidiary municipalities
| Inauguration date | Surname | place | Diocese / regional church |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 / 21.9.1997 (chapel) | Asemwald Ecumenical Center | Stuttgart-Asemwald | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 10/14/1973 | Ecumenical Center St. Thomas Church | Marburg-Richtsberg | Fulda / Kurhessen-Waldeck |
| December 15, 1973 | Ecumenical Community Center Bergwald | Karlsruhe mountain forest | Freiburg / Baden |
| March 31, 1974 | Ecumenical Center Peace of Christ / Olympic Church | Munich Olympic Park | Munich-Freising / Bavaria |
| 09/21/1974 | Ecumenical Center St. Stephen | Lueneburg-Kaltenmoor | Hildesheim / Hanover |
| 1974 | Ecumenical Center Community Center Holy Spirit / Reconciliation Church | Ratingen-West | Cologne / Rhineland |
| December 14, 1975 | Ecumenical Church Center Parkstadt Solln St. Ansgar / Petruskirche | Munich-Solln | Munich-Freising / Bavaria |
| 1976 | Wartberg Ecumenical Center | Wertheim-Wartberg | Freiburg / Baden |
| 1976 | Common church center Meschede | Meschede | Paderborn / Westphalia |
| 11/28/1976 | Ecumenical Community Center St. Andreas / Jakobus | Hagen help | Paderborn / Westphalia |
| 11/28/1976 | Ecumenical Center St. Vizelin / St. Johannis parish | Hameln-Klein Berkel | Hildesheim / Hanover |
| April 23, 1978 | Ecumenical Center St. Georg / Johannesgemeinde | St. Georgen / Black Forest | Freiburg / Baden |
| January 20, 1980 | Ecumenical Center Neugereut | Stuttgart-Neugereut | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1980 | Ecumenical Center St. John the Baptist / Matthew Congregation | Offenburg-Weier | Freiburg / Baden |
| May 25, 1980 | Ecumenical Center St. Birgitta / Thomasgemeinde | Kiel-Mettenhof | Hamburg / North Church |
| September 20, 1980 | Ecumenical Center Sacred Heart / Reconciliation Congregation | Webs | Freiburg / Baden |
| 1981 | Ecumenical Center "Arche" | Rooms above Rottweil | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1981 | Ecumenical Center St. Francis | Ulm-Wiblingen | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1982 | Ecumenical Center St. Edith Stein / Emmaus Church | Bonn - Brüser Berg | Cologne / Rhineland |
| October 29, 1983 / January 27, 1985 | Church in Grünau St. Martin / Pauluskirchgemeinde | Leipzig-Grünau | Dresden-Meissen / Saxony |
| 1985 | Ecumenical Center (new building 1995) | Neckarelz | Freiburg / Baden |
| 1986 | Peter and Paul Ecumenical Center | Bask | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1986 | Ecumenical Center of the Holy Spirit Church | Börtlingen | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 9.1986 | Ecumenical Center St. Stephanus / Stephanushaus | Nürtingen-Rossdorf | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 10/25/1987 | Ecumenical Center St. Clemens / St. Andreas | Nuremberg-Thon | Bamberg / Bavaria |
| 3/13/1988 | Ecumenical Community Center Holy Trinity / Reconciliation Church | Heidenheim-Mittelrain | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| June 10, 1988 | Ecumenical House of Meeting MARIA AND JOHN UNDER THE CROSS | Waiblingen-Korber height | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1988 | Ecumenical Church Center Holy Spirit | Ahnatal-Kammerberg | Fulda / Kurhessen-Waldeck |
| 1990 | Ecumenical Community Center Maria Trost | Tamm-Hohenstange | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 10/11/1992 | Ecumenical course pastoral care center Emmauskirche | Bad Griesbach | Passau / Bavaria |
| 1993 | Ecumenical Center St. Stephan / St. Martin | Munich-Putzbrunn | Munich-Freising / Bavaria |
| October 3, 1993 | Ecumenical Community Center St. Francis / Nicodemus Church | Sindelfingen-Hinterweil | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1998 | Ecumenical Holy Spirit Church | Remseck-Pattonville | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1998 | Ecumenical Center Kirch am Eck | Tübingen | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 10/19/1999 | Ecumenical Center St. Heinrich / Maria Magdalena | Fürth-Kalbsiedlung | Bamberg / Bavaria |
| 2002 | Church in Vauban | Freiburg-Vauban | Freiburg / Baden |
| 11/30/2003 | Ecumenical Center St. Ida | Gelsenkirchen | Essen / Westphalia |
| July 25, 2004 | Ecumenical Center of St. Mary Magdalene | Freiburg-Rieselfeld | Freiburg / Baden |
Houses of encounter without regular worship by the local churches
| Inauguration date | Surname | place | Diocese / regional church |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 23, 1968 | Ecumenical life center | Ottmaring | Augsburg / Bavaria |
| 1974 | Frenswegen Monastery Foundation | Nordhorn | Osnabrück / Hanover |
| December 13, 1975 | Ecumenical Thomashaus | Kornwestheim | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 10/10/1976 | Ecumenical meeting house | Heiningen | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 7.6.1978 | Ecumenical center of the university community | Stuttgart-Vaihingen | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 9.1978 | Christ Church Ecumenical Center | Frankfurt / Main | Limburg / Hessen-Nassau |
| September 19, 1987 | House of Churches | Erkrath-Hochdahl | Cologne / Rhineland |
| 1988 | House of the Church | Lustadt | Speyer / Palatinate |
| September 20, 1989 | Ecumenical Community Center | Wetzlar-Naunheim | Limburg / Hessen-Nassau |
| 1990 | Ecumenical information center | Dresden | Dresden-Meissen / Saxony |
| 1993 | Ecumenical Center Ezach | Leonberg-Eltingen | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1995 | Catacomb Ecumenical Center | Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 1.1997 | Ecumenical Church Center Neue Mitte | Oberhausen | Essen / Rhineland |
| 1997 | Ecumenical center | Oldenburg | Münster / Oldenburg |
| 5.6.1999 | Ecumenical meeting place | Krefeld-Hüls | Cologne / Rhineland |
| February 22, 2000 | Ecumenical Center Burgholzhof | Stuttgart-Burgholzhof | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
| 2000 | Ecumenical education center sanctclara | Mannheim | Freiburg / Baden |
| 2002 | St. Nikolaus - Ecumenical Center for City Pastoral Care | Aachen | Aachen / Rhineland |
| 8th 2008 | Haranni Ecumenical Family Center | Herne | Paderborn / Westphalia |
| December 5, 2008 | Ecumenical Chapel in the Ecumenical Forum | Hamburg-Hafencity | Hamburg / North Church |
| 1.4.2012 | Ecumenical Congregation House K2O | Nürtingen-Oberensingen | Rottenburg-Stuttgart / Württemberg |
List of ecumenical centers that are not (no longer) supported by both large popular church partners
| place | Surname | Time of existence |
|---|---|---|
| Adenau | Ecumenical Community Center Johanniter Commandery | 1979-2003 |
| Baunatal | Evangelical-Catholic Church Center | 1973-2004 |
| Bielefeld-Sennestadt | Beckhof Church | 1959-2009 |
| Bochum-Querenburg | Ecumenical Forum, Apostle Church in the Unicenter | 1975-2012 |
| Essen-Kettwig | Ecumenical Center St. Matthias | 1983-2014 |
| Gärtingen | Evangelical-Catholic parish hall | 1973-2014 |
| Hamburg-Bergedorf | FesteBurg Ecumenical Center | 2001-2005 |
| Hamburg-Harburg | Room of silence in Duckdalben - international seamen's club | since 13.8.1986, Protestant carrier |
| Karlsruhe | Ecumenical Community Center Maria Magdalena | 1996-2011 |
| Magdeburg | Lothar Kreyssig Ecumenical Center | since 2009, evangelical carrier |
| Munich-Neuperlach | Stephanszentrum | 1975-2009 |
| Recklinghausen-Quellberg | Ecumenical Community Center Arche Hillerheide | 1982-2009 |
| Potsdam-Kirchsteigfeld | Ecumenical Congregation Center of the Reconciliation Church | since November 30, 1997, Protestant / Methodist |
| Schwelm | Holy Spirit Ecumenical Center | 2005-2010 |
| Siegen-Fischbacherberg | Common church center | 1979-2003 |
literature
- Gerald Hagmann: Ecumenical Cooperation Under One Roof: A Study of Evangelical Catholic Church and Community Centers. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-374-02477-3 .
Web links
- Ecumenical Centers , Martin-Niemöller-Church (with links to all centers)
- Ecumenical Centers , Ecumenical Churches
- A documentation , texts from the Ecumenical Center No. 5, Frankfurt am Main 2000 (PDF file; 187 kB)