Evangelical Sunday newspaper
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| description | Protestant church newspaper |
| Area of Expertise | Christian life in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Medienhaus - Center for Protestant Journalism a. Media work in Hessen a. Nassau ( DE ) |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt am Main |
| First edition | 1946 |
| Frequency of publication | weekly on Sundays |
| Sold edition | 10,598 copies |
| ( IVW Q3 / 2017) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Wolfgang Weissgerber |
| editor | Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau |
| Web link | Publication website |
| ISSN (print) | 1862-8249 |
The Evangelische Sonntags-Zeitung is a subscription weekly newspaper for the area of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN). It appears in a print run of around 11,000 copies (as of 2017) in Hesse and parts of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Evangelische Sonntags-Zeitung offers information from church and society. It gives spiritual orientation with a weekly prayer as well as contributions and series on questions of faith. Ecumenism and the dialogue between religions play a major role. The editors also write current reports and background information from a Christian perspective on social policy and culture, the environment and development. The regional reporting gives insights into Christian life in parishes, deaneries and priests.
editor
The publisher is the Gemeinnützige Medienhaus GmbH - Center for Protestant Journalism and Media Work in Hesse and Nassau . The chairman of the supervisory board is Church President Volker Jung . The client is the EKHN. The editor-in-chief was Professor Martin Schmidt from 1946 to 1963. He was followed by Dean Willy Schemel until 1976, followed by Walter Müller-Römheld, who held the office until 1990. Hans-Gerhard Gensch was editor-in-chief from 1990 to 1995. Wolfgang Weissgerber has been responsible for the paper since 1996.
history
On December 1, 1946, the first edition of the newspaper appeared under the title "Weg und Truth." It comprised 16 pages and cost 1.50 Reichsmarks a quarter. It was licensed by the US occupation forces . The paper “Weg und Truth” never reached its initial circulation of 80,000 copies after the license requirement was lifted. "Way and Truth" was published on behalf of the provisional church leadership of the churches of Nassau, Hessen-Darmstadt and Frankfurt. These regional churches, which were forcibly united in 1934, initially separated again after the war and reunited on September 30, 1947. The merger was completed at a church convention in Friedberg and a constituent synod for the EKHN was resolved. The first church president was Martin Niemöller , one of the leading representatives of the Confessing Church during the National Socialist era . He was also President of the World Council of Churches .
“Way and Truth” was initially printed on the machines of the Darmstädter Echo ; The newspaper was published by Eduard Roether, a publisher in Darmstadt, and later by the Evangelical Press Association in Hesse and Nassau eV based in Frankfurt. In 1997 it became part of the non-profit Medienhaus GmbH . Since 1990 the paper has appeared as a Protestant church newspaper . Since 2004 the title has been "Evangelische Sonntags-Zeitung".
swell
- ↑ IWV : Evangelische Sonntags-Zeitung (woe) , accessed on November 11, 2017