European Christian Convention
| European Christian Convention (ECC) | |
|---|---|
| legal form | ASBL association under Belgian law |
| founding | 2017 |
| Seat | Orp slurry |
| management | Sven Giegold |
| Branch | European dialogue of Christian organizations |
| Website | ECC homepage |
The European Christian Convention (ECC) is a non-profit organization under Belgian law with the aim of promoting the European dialogue between Christian organizations.
history
In May 2015, 60 participants from around 20 European countries came together in Bad Boll (Baden-Württemberg) to discuss the idea of a European Christian Association and to commission a coordination team with the preparation of a merger of European Christian organizations. In June 2016 this team met in Kappel am Albis (Switzerland) to discuss the establishment of the association and to appoint a provisional board.
The ECC was registered as an AISBL (non-profit organization) under Belgian law in January 2017. The first ordinary general meeting took place in May 2017 in Berlin-Grünau , at which the association's goals were formulated and the board was elected.
On the Kirchentag in Berlin, the ECC took part in an event entitled One Soul for Europe . At the board meeting in November 2017 in Konstanz , the position paper was drawn up and the declaration for a common spirit for Europe was drawn up, which was formally adopted in December.
Board members
Peter Annegarn (Belgium, Catholic), Christina Aus der Au (Switzerland, Reformed), Jeannette Behringer (Switzerland, Catholic), Alexei Bodrov (Russia, Orthodox), Annika Foltin (Germany, Lutheran), Sven Giegold (Germany, MEP, Lutheran ), Rebekka Højmark-Svenningsen (Denmark, Lutheran), Katerina Karkala-Zorba (Greece, Orthodox), Jari Kupiainen (Finland, Lutheran), Balázs Mesterházy (Hungary, Lutheran), Holger Müller (Germany, Protestant), Leslie Nathanael (Great Britain , Anglican), Krsto Stanisic (Montenegro, Orthodox), Jérôme Vignon (France, Catholic)
Members of the ECC (2020)
- Ecumenical Center, Belarus
- Center for Church Development (ZKE), University of Zurich , Switzerland
- Central Committee of German Catholics (ZDK), Germany
- Church and Peace
- Colloquium of European Parishes (CEP), Malta
- Danske Kirkers Råd (The National Council of Churches in Denmark)
- German Evangelical Church Congress (DEKT), Germany
- Eurodiaconia , Belgium
- European Lay Forum, Europe
- Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of St. Gallen , Switzerland
- Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Ottensen (Protestant Church Hamburg-Ottensen-Altona), Germany
- Methodist Church , Germany
- Evangelical Reformed Church Switzerland
- Fellowship of European Broadcasters, Europe
- Kirkkopalvelut ry (Finnish Church Congress), Finland
- Latvian Christian Academy, Latvia
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary and youth scout project “Szélrózsa”, Hungary
- Mission Academy at the University of Hamburg , Germany
- European-Continental Province of the Brotherhood , Netherlands
- Oikosnet Europe
- Orthodox Academy of Crete , Greece
- Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich , Switzerland
- St. Andrew's Biblical Theological Institute, Russia
- Ecumenical Foundation, Germany
- Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland
- The Meeting Place, Wymington, England, United Kingdom
- Sigtunastiftelsen (The Sigtuna Foundation), Sweden
- World Christian Student Federation - Europe
Web links
- Presentations of the European Christian Convention
- German Protestant Church Congress 2019 for the ECC
- ECC with Sven Giegold