Evangelical Church District Spandau

In the St. Nikolai Church in Spandau , Elector Joachim II converted to Protestantism on November 1, 1539 .

The Evangelical church district Spandau belongs to the Sprengel Berlin Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz (EKBO) . It comprises 18 congregations with around 60,000 Protestant Christians and corresponds in area to the Berlin district of Spandau .

management

District Synod

The district synod is the highest governing body of the church district Spandau, which decides on the work and the organization of the church district. The parishes, employees and pastors are represented in the “parliament” of the church district. Members of the district synod represent the interests of the church district in the regional synod of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO).

The district synod is newly formed every 6 years, most recently in April 2014. It consists of the representatives elected by the parishes, the pastors and the full-time employees of the church district. Eberhard weg has been president and chairman since April 2014, Rosemarie Lange and Jens Oltersdorf are vice chairmen.

College

With a college as a governing body instead of a superintendent , the Spandau church district differs from other church districts in Berlin. In 1971 the autumn synod of the church district decided with a large majority in favor of a collegial leadership model, as provided for as a special way in the basic order of the EKBO (Article 58). The statutes of the church district now provide: "In the church district of Spandau, the tasks of the superintendent are assigned to a college." Based on the biblical principle of the "priesthood of all believers" and the conviction that the diversity of gifts is available to people, should flow into the leadership of a church district, the district synod decided to take this step.

Since then, a college has headed the Spandau church district together with the district church council. It consists of five members, pastors and lay volunteers from various professions. Membership in the college takes place at the suggestion of the general superintendent of the Sprengels Berlin by election of the district synod for a period of six years. The chairman of the district church council is also a member of the college. In agreement with the district church council, tasks such as the supervision of the pastors in the parishes and the district church staff, the representation of the church district in public or the coordination of district church projects are performed.

Since April 2014 members of the college are: Marlene Beilig-Eckart, Pastor Karsten Dierks (Chairman), Heike Holz, Pastor Steffen Köhler and Gudrun Speidel.

District Church Council

The district church council leads the church district and represents it in legal matters. He performs the tasks of the district synod between its meetings. In its monthly meetings it advises on all important events and developments in the church district. He participates in the filling of vacancies, regulates the supervision of the employees, administers the assets of the parish, manages its budget and supervises the asset and financial management of the parishes. In all questions he works closely with the church administration office responsible for the church district . He regularly reports on his work to the district synod. The chairman is the college chairman Pastor Karsten Dierks.

administration

The church district has its seat in Berlin-Spandau, Jüdenstrasse 37. This is also where the church district's services and workplaces are located.

working area

Work places of the church district

• The Office for Protestant Religious Education is responsible for Protestant religious education at the 53 public schools in Spandau. It plans to deploy 90 religion teachers at the moment and exercise service and technical supervision over them.
• The office for advice and cooperation offers the parishes of the church district advice, organizational development and supervision and accompanies change processes and conflicts. It also offers training for full-time employees and volunteers.
• The Islamic Commissioner maintains a dialogue with the Muslims living in Spandau and maintains contact with the mosques in the church district. In events and training courses in communities, for example for kindergarten teachers or in confirmation classes, she provides information about Islam with the aim of breaking down prejudices.
• Public relations: The district church council issues the “Circular for the Ev. Kirchenkreis Spandau ”. The public relations officer maintains contact with the media, looks after the website and supports the communities in their own public relations work.

Expert advice in working with children and for day-care centers

24 Protestant day-care centers and parent-child groups are located in the area of ​​the church district. The church district offers providers, employees and parents professional advice on this, which can also be used by parent-child groups in the area of ​​the parishes.

The professional advice of the sponsors extends to new staff and the support of the facilities with the concept development, their quality development and quality assurance. It organizes and arranges further training offers for employees and works together with the Association of ev. Child Daycare Centers for Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (VETK) and the specialist advisers from other church districts. It cooperates with the senate administration and the youth welfare office of the city district.

Parents can get advice on upbringing issues, including the integration of children with disabilities.

Office for youth work in the church district Spandau (AJAKS)

Here the youth work in the church district and with other institutions is networked. AJAKS develops projects and concepts for working with young people, trains volunteer workers in youth work and is responsible for the advanced training of full-time employees in the parishes. A district youth pastor is responsible.

Working groups of the district synod

The district synod has formed working groups that are mainly active on a voluntary basis. The following groups currently exist:

• Working group asylum
• Working group Christians and Jews
• Volunteer working group
• Working group women
• Vigil for tolerance and peaceful coexistence - against racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: The vigils were launched by the Asylum Group and the Christians and Jews Group in March 1998 and have been prepared and organized together since then. They take place every first Saturday of the month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the Spandau market; beforehand there is a prayer service in the Nicolai congregation at 10 a.m.

Parishes in the Evangelical Church District Spandau

There are 18 parishes in the Spandau parish:

Parish	church	image	location	District
At the Groß-Glienicker See	Thatch roof chapel for the Good Shepherd		location	Kladow
Gatow village parish	Gatow village church		location	Gatow
Jeremiah Congregation	Jeremiah Church		location	Falkenhagener Feld
Evangelical Johannesstift Berlin	Church in the Johannesstift		location	Hook field
Parish of Kladow	Kladow village church		location	Kladow
Klosterfelde	Klosterfelde parish hall		location	Falkenhagener Feld
Luther parish	Luther Church		location	Spandau Neustadt
Melanchthon parish	Melanchthon Church		location	Wilhelmstadt
Nathan Söderblom parish	Nathan Söderblom Church		location
Paul Gerhardt Congregation	Paul Gerhardt Community Center		location	Falkenhagener Feld
Siemensstadt parish	Christophoruskirche		location	Siemensstadt
	Trinity Church		location	Tegel
Parish Staaken-Gartenstadt	Staaken-Gartenstadt Church		location	Staaken
St. Nikolai in Spandau	St. Nicholas Church		location	Spandau
	Petruskirche		location
Christmas parish Haselhorst	Christmas Church		location	Haselhorst
Vineyard parish	Laurentiuskirche		location	Wilhelmstadt
	Mercy Church		location
Wichern-Radeland community	Wichernkirche		location	Hook field
	Community Center Radeland		location
Refuge Parish	Refuge Church		location	Falkenhagener Feld
Parish of Staaken	Staaken village church		location	Staaken
	Confidence Church		location
	Church in the community center Heerstraße North		location

literature

• College of the Evangelical Church District Spandau: 1971 - 2011. 40 years collegial leadership in the Church District Spandau. o. O., o. J. (Berlin-Spandau, 2011).

Web links

• Homepage of the church district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EKBO: Basic Regulations, Article 43. ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ College of the Evangelical Church District Spandau: 1971 - 2011. 40 years collegial leadership in the Church District Spandau. o. O., o. J. (Berlin-Spandau, 2011), pp. 3f, 6f.
3. ↑ Spandauer Volksblatt, April 9, 2014, p. 5.
4. ↑ EKBO: Basic Order, Article 49f. ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Homepage church district: AG Asylum.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Homepage Kirchenkreis: AG Christians and Jews. ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Homepage church district: AG Ehrenamt. ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Homepage church district: Women's work. ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ Homepage church district: Vigil.