Protestant youth in Bavaria

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The Evangelical Youth in Bavaria , EJB for short, is the youth association of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . All groups of Protestant youth active in the area of ​​the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (community youth and association youth) belong to the Protestant youth in Bavaria. The common goal of their work is, as a mature and active community of Jesus Christ, to testify to the gospel of Jesus Christ to young people in the reality of their lives. The work is based on the order of the Evangelical Youth in Bavaria.

In the context of community youth work, the youth association is divided into state level, deanery districts and church districts as well as parish. In addition, the Protestant Youth in Bavaria currently includes the following independent associations of Protestant youth work:

  • Christian Association of Young People (CVJM Bavaria)
  • Christian Youth Association (CJB Bavaria)
  • Decide for Christ (EC Bavaria)
  • Protestant youth social work (EJSA Bavaria)
  • Evangelical rural youth (ELJ Bavaria)
  • Association of Christian Boy Scouts (VCP Land Bavaria)

Evangelical youth work in Bavaria reaches around 154,000 children, adolescents and young adults. Projected, around 15,750 volunteers work across Bavaria.

State level - structure and organs

State Youth Chamber

The State Youth Chamber is the governing body of Protestant youth in Bavaria. She advises the church governing bodies on fundamental issues of youth work and represents Protestant youth work to the public.

The members of the State Youth Chamber are:

  • eleven delegates of the state youth convention
  • One representative each from the member associations (CJB, CVJM, EC, EJSA, ELJ, VCP)
  • two representatives of the state conference of full-time youth officers
  • two representatives of the state conference of dean's youth pastors
  • the state youth pastor or the state youth pastor

The state youth chamber is elected for three years.

State Youth Convention

The State Youth Convention is the annual meeting of volunteers in the Protestant youth in Bavaria. The participants are delegates from the deanery districts and state associations. The state youth convention enables young people to participate in decision-making processes, to take a position on current issues from church, politics and society as well as to exchange ideas about belief, religion and voluntary work. The state youth convention takes place once a year and usually on the Ascension weekend in Pappenheim.

National conferences

The national conferences of full-time youth advisors for church youth work and of the deanery youth pastors serve to exchange experiences, further training and the representation of profession-specific interests. Together with the Office for Protestant Youth Work, you will develop objectives for Protestant youth work. They usually meet once a year. Both conferences have been held together since 2010 and have common rules of procedure.

Office for Protestant Youth Work

The work area of ​​the Office for Youth Work of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (short: Office for Protestant Youth Work, AfJ) includes all youth work within the Bavarian regional church. The Office for Protestant Youth Work takes on management activities for the youth association. It has its seat in Nuremberg and reports directly to the regional church council. The head of the office for evangelical youth work is the state youth pastor. Specialized presentations in the Office for Protestant Youth Work are (as of 2019):

  • State youth pastor
  • Personnel and advice
  • Managing directors
  • public relation
  • Conception and innovation
  • Policy issues and youth policy
  • Education, training and further education
  • Work with girls and young women
  • Volunteering
  • Sociopolitical youth education
  • International work / development projects
  • Practice development
  • Prevention of sexual violence
  • School-related youth work
  • youth-appropriate spirituality
  • Sports work

Middle level - deaneries and church districts

Based on the structure of the Bavarian regional church, the Evangelical Youth in Bavaria is divided into 67 deaneries and 7 church districts.

Deanery districts

Several parishes form a deanery district. There are currently 67 deanery districts with 1541 parishes. At the head of a dean's office is the dean. At youth level, a deanery is supervised full-time by deanery youth pastors and deanery youth officers. The decision-making bodies are made up of the dean's youth chamber (body of full-time and volunteer workers) and the dean's youth convention (meeting of volunteers). The dean's offices in Munich and Nuremberg are also subdivided into regions, which means that the structure is supplemented by regional youth officers, regional youth chambers and regional youth conventions.

Church districts

Several deanery districts form a church district. The Office for Protestant Youth Work takes on the management of the church district conferences. As a rule, church district conferences take place twice a year as an opportunity for exchange, advice and training. Church districts at youth level:

  • Ansbach-Würzburg / North
  • Ansbach-Würzburg / South
  • augsburg
  • Bayreuth
  • Munich
  • Nuremberg
  • regensburg

Community youth work

Community youth work is work with children and young people on site in the parishes. Usually youth officers are employed full-time to plan and coordinate events, leisure time, groups and campaigns. Other tasks include accompanying and supporting voluntary employees and the committees (employee group, youth committee).

Foundation for Protestant Youth Work in Bavaria

The Foundation for Protestant Youth Work in Bavaria was founded on October 31, 2009 in Nuremberg. The funds available from the foundation are intended to make effective contributions to the development and activity of Protestant youth work. The Foundation for Protestant Youth Work in Bavaria supports projects and campaigns from the ranks of Protestant youth work in Bavaria.

Friends of Protestant Youth Work in Bavaria

In 1911, today's support association was founded as an association for the care of Protestant female youth in Bavaria in order to stimulate and promote groups of young girls. Since 1934 he has been under the umbrella of the state youth pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Church in Bavaria. The Association for the Promotion of Protestant Youth Work in Bavaria eV has existed in its current form since 1974. The aim of the association's work today is to promote and support innovative projects in Protestant youth in Bavaria. The main tasks of the association are the publication of the magazine "baugerüst" and the administration of the self-catering house "Josef-Scheutz-Hütte" (Wurmstein).

Willow Church in Pappenheim

The willow church in Pappenheim was planted in 2007 under the motto “Church: of course!”. It was created in cooperation between the Evangelical Youth in Bavaria, the Evangelical Country Youth in Bavaria and the Evangelical Education and Conference Center in Pappenheim. The 30-meter-long church consists of a frame made of metal tubes around which willow branches are entwined. Services are held in the open church on the first Saturday of each month between May and October.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Regulations of Protestant Youth in Bavaria (status 1994)
  2. ↑ www.ejb.de (as of October 2013)
  3. ^ Office for Protestant Youth Work