Association of Free Religious Congregations in Germany

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The Federation of Free Religious Congregations in Germany ( BFGD ) is an umbrella organization for free religious congregations in Germany.

history

The Bund was founded in Gotha in 1859 as an umbrella organization for free religious communities through the merger of the free communities that emerged from the Protestant Friends of Light and the German Catholics .

Originally, the communities founded in 1844 still professed Christianity , but strived for a reform across confessional boundaries in the sense of an early Christian faith . B. from the doctrine of the Trinity and called for a rationalistic interpretation of the Bible. Soon they were expelled from the respective churches . This, as well as their own religious development, finally led them to merge in the Bund Freireligöser Gemeinde Deutschlands, which still exists today.

In 1924, the BFGD merged with the German Freethinkers Association and from then on called itself the People's Association for Freedom of the Spirit .

In October 2015, the Humanist Community of Hesse (until then the Free Religious State Community of Hesse ) left the umbrella organization with effect from December 31, 2015. As of January 1, 2016, this will only consist of the free religious parishes of Palatinate and Baden and the free religious parish of Offenbach.

structure

Among other things, the federal government is a member of the umbrella organization of free ideological communities , the Free Academy (fa), the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), the European Humanist Federation (EHF) as well as the German Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, Gesamtverband (DPWV) and the Central Office for Law and protection of conscientious objectors .

The federal government is a corporation under public law and has the following member communities:

See also

literature

  • Association of Free Religious Communities in Germany (ed.): The Free Religious Movement - Essence and Mission. Mainz undated (1959?)
  • Free confession . Published by the Free Religious State Community of Lower Saxony under the editing of Dr. Dietrich Bronder, Hanover, 4th edition 1969

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Andreas Henschel: Humanistic community founded. (Report) Renaming of the free religious communities in Hesse. In: Humanistic press service. Volker Panzer, October 13, 2015, p. 1 , accessed October 13, 2015 .