Evangelical youth
Evangelical youth groups are groups of evangelical youth who see themselves in the tradition of the covenant youth . Most of the young societies were founded in the 1960s and represent an open Protestant theology. All young Protestant groups also refer to the tradition of the dj.1.11 founded by Eberhard Koebel (tusk) . With a few exceptions, all Protestant youth groups have been co - educational despite the fact that they have “boys” in their name .
Criticism of Christian youth groups is made by non-denominational youth groups, as denominational ties run counter to the idea of “self-determined life”. Some of the youth groups are integrated into the umbrella organizations of Protestant youth.
Historical organizations
German Protestant Youth (Southern Germany)
In the tradition of dj1.11. stood the Protestant youth group on November 1st (1st November), which was founded on November 1st, 1956 at the Neusatzturm near Bad Herrenalb on the initiative of Rüdiger Beile with sixty members. At that time there were three groups in Karlsruhe , Heidelberg-Kirchheim and Dirmstein . On November 1, 1957 after connecting the Durlacher Gemeindjugend the "young covenant" consisted of thirteen Horten . The “order of November 1st” emphasized independence as a “union of boys in the Protestant church. [The 1st of November] shapes its life on its own responsibility ”.
The hitherto regional federation expanded on November 1, 1958 through the merger of groups from Franconia and Württemberg to form the German Protestant youth group. When it was founded, the federal government comprised 180 boys in the local rings of Karlsruhe, Kirchheim / Heidelberg, Nuremberg and Ditzingen / Stuttgart. In 1959 the “Gau Bergstraße” in Weinheim joined the dej. "The first federal leader of the 'dej' is Rüdiger Beile, the Karlsruher ej 1. 11 becomes the 'gau southwest' in the dej"
“Disputes [...] lead to a split in 1961 that [...] severely affects life in the after-school facilities. […] A '58' is added to the name to differentiate it from 'the others' (dej). ”In 1963, the“ dej 58 ”had around 300 members and“ groups in Dirmstein, Durlach, Karlsruhe, Landau, Mannheim, Pfeddersheim, Pforzheim , Rotenburg / Fulda and Weinheim. “She took part in Meißner's Day in 1963 and joined the ring of young fraternities . After the joint Easter camp in 1964, the two factions of the dej reunited.
In 1965, Rüdiger Beile took over the pastoral office in Jestetten in the southern Baden district of Waldshut and founded ejg1.11 on November 1st, 1966. (Protestant youth border region), which was active with a daycare center, three groups and the youth club open to girls and boys until the mid-1970s. The focus here was on ecumenical activities and trips to Greece. There were similarities with the Swiss Altpfaderverband Schaffhausen (APV).
In the first half of the 1970s, the youth groups of the dej disbanded. The legal entity “deutsche evangelische jungenschaft 58 e. V. “still exists.
Ring of Protestant Youths (Northern Germany)
"Jürgen Domes, [...], Hortenführer and senior of the Jungenschaft Kirchheim, 1954-1957 member of the leadership group of the 'Ring Evangelischer Jungenschaften', co-founder of the dej" After the foundation of the dej as a federation "within the Evangelical Youth in the South" Ring 'the groups in Northern Germany.
Currently active organizations
Evangelical youth groups in the YMCA Württemberg
The groups belong to the YMCA . The chairman of the Evangelical Youth Office in Württemberg is also the state chairman of the structure of the YMCA in the Evangelical Youth Office in Württemberg. The Evangelical Youth Office in Württemberg works independently on behalf of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . A state youth day is held annually. In 1955 Indiaca , a hand shuttlecock game, was introduced, a variant of the Peteca games used by the indigenous people of Brazil . German championships have been held since 1968. The game is played according to the Indiaca rules of the YMCA Association Germany. The green oak cross is used as a symbol in sports work. In 1979, the new Webabzeichen were Kugelkreuz and YMCA triangle introduced.
Evangelical youth group after-school care
The Evangelical Young Manhood Horte (EJH) emerged from circles of the Evangelical Young Men Association in Württemberg . At the end of the 1950s, groups of the YMCA in Reutlingen strove for a form of youth work that was more closely aligned and less pietistic and therefore separated from the YMCA. In 1960 the EJH became an independent association with groups in Swabia under the leadership of Walter Sauer (Wasa) . The Luther rose in silver is the covenant symbol . The federal center is the Allenspacher Hof near Böttingen, northeast of Tuttlingen . To this day, the EJH is a pure men's association . The after -school care center is affiliated with other groups of the Bundischen youth and scout movement in the ring of young Bünde Baden-Württemberg , which represents the affiliated associations in terms of youth politics. 1977 and 2017 were invited to supra-bundle meetings.
Protestant youth group Tyrker
The ej Tyrker is active in the east of Lower Saxony and one of the young evangelical groups in Germany. The first group was formed in the 1960s. With the merger of the Protestant youth groups from Winsen (Luhe) , Marschacht , Drennhausen , Tespe and Ramelsloh in 1976, the youth association gave itself the new name "Protestant youth group Tyrker". In the meantime only the tribe in Marschacht still exists. The name "Tyrker" refers on the one hand to a legendary companion of Leif Eriksson , on the other hand to a magazine published by Eberhard Koebel around 1930. The groups are affiliated with the respective local parish and are called tribes. In the tribes, the small groups are separated according to sex.
Groups united in the Evangelical Student Work (BK) Berlin
The Protestant youth groups in the Berlin area come together in the Association of Protestant Student Work (BK) Berlin. This in turn is a regional association of the Working Group of Evangelical Schoolchildren (AES). The AES emerged from the Bund Deutscher Bibelkreise , an organization of the Bündische Jugend with 20,000 members in 1933. The affiliated groups for young people are:
- Christian youth in Friedenau in the Protestant parish of the Good Shepherd in Berlin-Friedenau . Until March 2013, the Christian Youth Association in Friedenau (cjf) still consisted of two independent youth associations: the Christian elanto and Christian girls and boys association Zum Guten Sheten in the Protestant parish Zum Guten Hirten in Berlin-Friedenau
- Protestant girls and boys Argo (BK) in the Protestant parish of Wustermark
- Evangelische Jungenschaft Wedding (BK) with two locations, one in the Evangelical Kapernaum parish in Berlin-Wedding and one in the Evangelical parish Berlin-Buch
- the Berlin groups of the boys' union Phoenix
The Evangelical Youth Union Pegasus in the Evangelical St.Nikolai community in Berlin-Spandau does not belong to the umbrella organization BK-Berlin.
Other groupings
- christian youth in adendorf
- christian youth wiesbaden ev "the crusaders"
- Christian youth in Hanover
- Protestant youth migrant bird
- Evangelical youth group BK Einbeck
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive of Dr. Rüdiger Beile, Wertheim , documents (album) 1955 to 1958.
- ↑ a b Peter Behret: Path without turning back ... we leaf through the Bundeschronik : Brochure Jungenschaftswoche of the "gau bergstraße" of the dej, Weinheim 1960, p. 58.
- ^ A b c Badische Latest News : Ten years of the "German evangelical young people gau southwest" , October 24, 1964.
- ^ Bernhard Schneider: Data on the history of the youth movement , Voggenreiter Verlag, Bad Godesberg 1965, p. 173 f.
- ↑ Register of Mannheim VR 101099
- ↑ Information on the contribution by Jürgen Domes: Jungenschaft heute in: Brochure for the Jungenschaftswoche des Gau Bergstraße in the dej, Weinheim 1960, p. 11.
- ↑ State Youth Day Württemberg
- ↑ ÜT meeting 2017 Böttingen