Evangelical Church Congress in the GDR
In contrast to the German Protestant Kirchentag in the Federal Republic, Protestant church days were held regionally in the GDR , mainly because of political and practical constraints.
Since 1961 the Kirchentage in the GDR had its own organization and its own chairperson, in 1962 the first regional church days were held in Schwerin under the slogan Praise God confidently with singing and in Stralsund under the slogan God - our joy .
Church days in the GDR
- 1962: Schwerin : Praise God confidently with singing
- 1962: Stralsund : God - our joy
- 1963: Zwickau , Erfurt , Brandenburg : The risk of faith
- 1964: Bernburg (Saale) : Christ for us - we for Christ
- 1964: Greifswald : He is loyal
- 1965: Wittenberg , Frankfurt (Oder) : You will be my witnesses
- 1966: Rostock : Growing towards Christ
- 1967: Stralsund: God creates peace
- 1968: Dessau , Stendal : Serve one another
- 1968: Görlitz : You put my feet in a wide space
- 1968: Dresden : Church of the Future - Church for Others
- 1970: Greifswald, Erfurt, Havelberg , Cottbus : Like God to me, like me to you
- 1971: Schwerin: Our God comes and is not silent
- 1974: Magdeburg , Stralsund, Frankfurt (Oder): ... and you should live too
- 1975: Dresden, Görlitz: On the way to the church of tomorrow
- 1976: Berlin , Rostock, Halle (Saale) : God's ways lead on
- 1978: Leipzig : Life means having a goal
- 1978: Erfurt: It's about life
- 1978: Stralsund: In search of life
- 1978: Brandenburg: Back to God, with God into life
- 1981: Görlitz: Live for one another, share with one another
- 1981: Dessau: Live, share, pray together
- 1981: Stralsund: With God for people
- 1983: Church days in the Luther year: Erfurt, Eisleben , Frankfurt (Oder), Magdeburg, Rostock, Wittenberg: Dare to trust
- 1983: Dresden: Dare to trust so that we can live (after the 1954 Kirchentag in Leipzig, the church event with the largest number of participants that ever took place in the GDR)
- 1985: Greifswald: Being rich by faith
- 1986: Cottbus: Oriented towards life
- 1986: Neustrelitz : I am the Lord your God
- 1986: Salzwedel , Halberstadt : Winning the future - learning life from the Bible
- 1987: Berlin: ... and I want to live with you
- 1988: Halle, Erfurt: Reversal continues
- 1988: Görlitz: Repentance helps life
- 1988: Rostock: building bridges
- 1989: Leipzig: What is a person that you think of him?
Chairwoman of the Evangelical Church Congress in the GDR
- 1961-1966: D. Reimer Mager
- 1966–1967: D. Fritz figure
- 1967–1984: Otto Schröder
- 1984–1990: Dr. Bernhard Opitz
- 1990–1991: Annemarie Schönherr
See also
- Christians and Churches in the GDR
- Katholikentreffen Dresden 1987, the only Catholic church convention in the GDR
- Kurmärkischer Kirchentag in Potsdam
- German Evangelical Church Congress