Evangelical Society of Zurich
| Foundation of the Evangelical Society of the Canton of Zurich | |
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| Legal form: | Foundation under private law |
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| Chair: | Irene Gysel |
| Consist: | Since 1993 |
| Seat: | Zurich |
| Website: | www.stiftung-eg.ch |
The Evangelical Society of Zurich was founded in 1845 as a group of awakened Christians.
history
The company was founded in Zurich on October 30, 1845. Even before that there were precursor groups of awakened Christians who gathered in private for spiritual edification. So-called «edifying wreaths» already existed around Johann Caspar Lavater (1741–1801). The specific reason was the reaction of biblical-conservative Christians to the appointment of the liberal theologian David Friedrich Strauss to Zurich University in 1839, which led to the Zurich coup . In 1874 the Evangelical Society had given itself statutes and thus became an association .
Society united theologically rather conservative, but cosmopolitan and socially minded Christians. It had and still has a binding character between Evangelical-Free Church circles, the Reformed Church and society as a whole.
The Society gathered Christians for revival meetings under the umbrella of the Reformed Church . This resulted in the St. Anna Congregation in Zurich, the Lukas Congregation in Aussersihl , the minority congregation Unterstrass , the Free Church Uster as well as the independent Evangelical Association in Winterthur and an assembly in Wädenswil, which later became a Free Evangelical Congregation .
Society was the driving force behind the establishment of Protestant private schools. These were founded as separate corporations for legal reasons, but personalities from the Evangelical Society together with people from the respective location were the driving force. Following the example of the first such Zurich school, namely the Free Evangelical School Uster, which was founded in 1873, others were built in Winterthur in 1873, Wädenswil in 1874, Horgen in 1876 and Aussersihl in 1888. The Evangelical Teachers' Seminar in Zurich-Unterstrass, the Free Evangelical Primary School and the free grammar school founded in Zurich.
To this end, the city and country mission, which is now called the Zurich city mission, was created in 1862, and in 1866 the hostel for homeless people. The Neumünster Sickness and Deaconess Institution was also founded, which later became its own foundation. These include the Zollikerberg Hospital , the Realp Nursing Home and the Hottingen Retirement Center . In 1957, the Dargebotene Hand telephone counseling was established and is now independent.
Today the society is organized as a foundation.
literature
- Thomas C. Bolliger: Minorities of the Evangelical Reformed Churches in Switzerland: State Church Law and Canon Law Aspects , Theological Publishing House Zurich 1984
- Helmut Meyer and Bernhard Schneider: Mission and Diakonie, The History of the Evangelical Society of Zurich. Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-0340-1060-3 .
Web links
- Official website
- Marc van Wijnkoop Lüthi: Evangelical Societies. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the commercial register on August 11, 1993, cf. Entry on the foundation of the Evangelical Society of Zurich at moneyhouse.ch
- ^ Claude-Alain Humbert: Religious Leader Zurich. 370 churches, religious and spiritual groups, centers and ideological movements in the city of Zurich. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-05086-3 .