Denominational school movement

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As a commitment school movement formation is general education in free sponsorship referred to by their evangelical imprint of the other Protestant denominational schools differ. Most of the evangelical denominational schools emerged from the 1970s "in response to neo-Marxist school reforms ".

Educational content

Since the denominational schools are state-approved substitute schools, lessons are based on the generally applicable curricula . In individual cases, this means a potential for conflict, especially - because of the evangelical affinity for creationism - for biology classes . See August-Hermann-Francke-Schule Gießen #Kritik .

Facilities

Germany

The largest evangelical denomination school in Germany and one of the oldest among them is the Free Evangelical Confession School Bremen (FEBB) with a grammar school, integrated comprehensive school and two elementary schools.

Evangelical denominational schools exist in over 90 locations in Germany. Around two thirds of the schools with an evangelical profile are members of the Association of Evangelical Confession Schools (VEBS). The umbrella organization VEBS was founded in 2006 as the successor to the Working Group of Evangelical Confession Schools (AEBS), which has existed since the early 1980s , and is based in Karlsruhe. When it was founded, the association comprised 26 schools at 16 locations. Today there are around 140 educational institutions - including 15 day-care centers - at 70 locations and are attended by around 23,000 students.

The VEBS names the belief base of the Evangelical Alliance of 1846 (doctrinal basis) as the theological basis. In addition to the “father of the confessional school movement” August Hermann Francke (1663–1727), pioneers Martin Luther , Johann Amos Comenius , Christian Friedrich Spittler , Christian Heinrich Zeller , Johann Heinrich Wichern , Friedrich Wilhelm Dörpfeld and Abraham Kuyper are named.

Switzerland

The non-denominational Free Evangelical School Zurich (FESZ) , which emerged from the environment of the Reformed Protestant Society , has existed since 1874. Some schools in the Canton of Zurich with a free church are organized in the Working Group for Biblical Schools (ASBB). At the technical level, Christian schools form working groups such as the Initiative for Christian Education.

In several cantons, referendums are being prepared in order to achieve state co-financing of approved private schools (analogous to the German model).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Concepts with question marks (PDF; 1.8 MB) - Statement by Gottfried Meskemper , one of the co-founders of the Bremen Confessional School, on reform processes within the school after 2002
  2. ^ VEBS: Confessional School Movement
  3. Jump up ↑ Great Growth Potential for Evangelical Schools , Idea , September 21, 2017 article.
  4. ↑ VEBS: Confessions
  5. ↑ VEBS: History of Confessional Schools, vebs-online.com
  6. ↑ Working group for schools on a biblical basis , asbb.ch, accessed on January 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ members of ICBS , icbs.ch, accessed on 11 June 2012 found.
  8. ↑ Pious Schools grow against the trend ( Memento of 7 July 2010 at the Internet Archive ) - quoted from idea spektrum 44/2008, p 17