German Christian Technician Association
| German Christian Technician Association (DCTB) |
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| purpose | public communication of the Christian faith and its ethical values |
| Chair: | Jens Höner |
| Executive Director: | vacant |
| Establishment date: | 1904 |
| Number of employees: | 3 speakers |
| Seat : | Korntal |
| Website: | www.dctb.de |
The German Christian Technicians Association (DCTB) is an evangelical professional mission. The DCTB is a registered association, the office is in Korntal . He is a guest member of the YMCA Association .
history
The association was founded in 1904 on the initiative of some students from building trade schools in Bielefeld. The headquarters changed several times, but the orientation is still the same. Under the motto “No one can lay any other foundation except that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ” ( 1. Corinthians 3:11), the DCTB works among students all over Germany. In 2004 it celebrated its centenary, making it the oldest mission organization still in existence that is explicitly aimed at students. At lectures and seminars, he mainly devotes himself to topics from the field of science and faith. The association supports missionary work at universities with three full-time travel secretaries. The Freundeskreis includes around 3,300 students and professionals. The chairman is graduate engineer Jens Höner. From 1984 to 2015, Reinhold Wennagel was the managing director, who was replaced by Oliver Karle on October 1, 2015, who held the position until November 30, 2018.
aims
The goal is the common orientation of personal life to the Bible as the word of God. This also includes dealing with job-specific topics that affect the basic questions of life.
Branches of work
The work of the DCTB can be divided into five areas.
- Education
- The DCTB was founded on the initiative of students and is still primarily active in this area today. Student advisors from the Techniker-Bund visit universities with book stands and information stands throughout Germany, mainly with a technical orientation, and support students in founding and organizing student Bible circles. Since 2004, "Hochschul.net" has been published as a student magazine. In 2012, the website of the university work was also adapted to this name, which provides students with a Christian network.
- job
- The DCTB is represented with a booth at industrial trade fairs such as INTERGEO or electronica . In addition, he supports the establishment of company prayer groups.
- Leisure time
- Under the motto “Word and Sport”, various free time periods are held every year in cooperation with the Liebenzeller Mission .
- Meetings
- Conferences and meetings are held regularly in individual regions of Germany, at which numerous lectures, mostly by external speakers, are given. The topics are mostly from the fields of science, ethics and religions.
- media
- The club magazine Das Fundament , which first appeared in April 1904, was published six times a year until 2014. It has been published four times a year since 2015 with a circulation of around 3,500 and is sent to members and friends of the plant. In addition to numerous distribution documents, the website's audio archive should be mentioned, in which numerous recent lectures are now also available for free download. The “Little Study Helper” (pocket calendar with formulas and information on studying) is also distributed free of charge.
Initiatives
The DCTB has been offering the xxl metal construction kit since 2015, which is used to hold events for children and young people.
Publications (selection)
- Followed up . Christliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Dillenburg 2005. ISBN 978-3894364892
- Rethought . Christliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Dillenburg 2007. ISBN 978-3894365721
Web links
- Official website
- University work portal
- XXL metal construction kit - DCTB initiative
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Foundation 3/2004: DCTB celebrates its 100th anniversary (PDF; 1082 kB) ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dctb.de, accessed on February 22, 2014.
- ^ Headwind for Christian student groups , idea.de, message from June 1, 2015.
- ↑ IdeaSpektrum 52 / 53.2015, p. 39.
- ↑ Magazine Hochschul.net from issue SS04. (No longer available online.) In: dctb.de. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016 ; accessed on June 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Das Fundament 3/2012: hochschul.net (PDF; 340 kB) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dctb.de, accessed on June 8, 2016.
- ↑ Leisure and Travel Working Group ( Memento of the original dated February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Liebezell.org, accessed on February 22, 2014.
- ↑ DCTB (ed.): Das Fundament, 1st year, No. 1. The Foundation - Years 1904–1916, 1920–1921. Bielefeld April 1904, p. 1 .
- ↑ Archive "Das Fundament" 1997–2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 7, 2016 ; accessed on June 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Das Fundament 6/2014: Metallbaukasten (PDF; 160 kB) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dctb.de, accessed on June 8, 2016.
