Confederation for Free Christianity
The Federation for Free Christianity is an association of predominantly Protestant Christians founded in Frankfurt am Main in 1948 , who advocate a personally responsible, undogmatic, cosmopolitan form of Christian faith and seek to integrate a wide range of views.
According to the International Association for Religious Freedom, the Federation for Free Christianity had 160 individual members in 1999, plus the 700-member Temple Society that joined as a community .
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) was the first honorary president of the Federation .
The following presidents were and are head of the Federation: Walter Bülck (1948–1952), Georg Wünsch (1953–1960), Rudolf Daur (1960–1970), Ulrich Mann (1970–1986), Udo Tworuschka (1987–1995), Hans -Hinrich Jenssen (1995–2002) and Werner Zager (since 2002). Gustav Mensching (1901–1978) and Paul Schwarzenau (1923–2006) are among the prominent representatives of the federal government .
The Bund, which sees itself as a “forum for open religious dialogue”, publishes the magazine Free Christianity , which is published six times a year . In search of new ways out, which has about 330 subscribers, also the "working texts".
literature
- Andreas Rössler: 40 years of the Bund für Free Christianity (1948–1988). In: Free Christianity. 40, 1988, pp. 69-87. This post was reprinted, along with documents, personal voices, creeds, etc.
- Hans-Hinrich Jenssen (Ed.): Open Christianity. 1998.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ German Liberal Christian Participation in the IARF ( Memento from April 26, 2003 in the Internet Archive )