Working group of Protestant entrepreneurs
| Working group of Protestant entrepreneurs in Germany | |
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| legal form | Registered association |
| founding | 1966 |
| Seat | Karlsruhe |
| motto | Acting responsibly in a Protestant manner |
| Chair | Peter Barrenstein |
| Website | www.aeu-online.de |
The Working Group of Evangelical Entrepreneurs in Germany eV (AEU), based in Karlsruhe, is a network of Protestant entrepreneurs, managers and executives that promotes business responsibility for the Church and society .
history
The AEU was co-founded in 1966 by the Protestant textile entrepreneur Walter Albert Bauer and initially saw itself as a thoroughly critical counterpart to the church workers' associations and the offices for industrial and social work of the churches. Today he acts as a mediator between church and business and is an important cooperation partner of the Protestant church , especially at conferences of the Evangelical Academies . He is very well networked in terms of staff in church, especially synodal bodies. Legally, the AEU is a registered association based in Karlsruhe and recognized as a non-profit organization.
Goal setting
The aim is “that the social market economy is understood and accepted as an economic system that is ethically responsible from a Christian perspective”.
Entrepreneurs, political leaders and representatives of various faculties as well as leading clergymen and leaders of the Protestant church are addressed . A prerequisite for membership is a high degree of solidarity with the Protestant Church.
structure
The AEU is run by a board of eight members. Chairman is Peter Barrenstein, his deputy Friedhelm Wachs . The full-time managing director is Stephan Klinghardt (Karlsruhe).
The board of trustees has twelve members. The chairman is Michael Freiherr Truchseß (Niederflorstadt), Deputy Peter Leibinger (Ditzingen).
The Wiesbaden dean Martin Mencke acts as theological advisor to the AEU.
The AEU cooperates with the Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs .
Regional working groups exist for the regions:
- Berlin / Brandenburg
- Braunschweig / Lower Saxony
- Dresden / Saxony
- Düsseldorf / Rhineland
- Freiburg / South Baden
- Hagen / South Westphalia
- Hamburg / Schleswig-Holstein
- Hanover / Lower Saxony
- Cologne-Bonn-Leverkusen
- Leipzig / Central Germany
- Magdeburg-Dessau
- Munich Bavaria
- Osnabrück country
- Rhine-Main area / Frankfurt am Main
- Dysentery
- Württemberg
- Wiesbaden-Mainz
Publications
A list of publications can be found on the AEU website.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 75 years ago secret conference: AEU recalls Protestant roots of the social market economy , idea.de, article from November 18, 2017.
- ^ Arbeitskreis Evangelischer Unternehmer eV ( Memento from September 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (page accessed on September 8, 2008)
- ↑ Protestant entrepreneurs choose new theological advisor , idea.de, news from September 17, 2015.