GRZ Krelingen
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| purpose | To be human - to meet God |
| Chair: | Ralf Richter |
| Establishment date: | 1965 |
| Number of employees: | 100 |
| Seat : | Walsrode |
| Website: | www.grz-krelingen.de |
The Spiritual Armory Center Krelingen (GRZ Krelingen) is a "free work" within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover and works on the theological basis of the Evangelical Alliance . It is located in the Walsroder district of Krelingen in the Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony . The GRZ Krelingen is the largest evangelical institution in Northern Germany with an annual budget of around five million euros.
description
The GRZ Krelingen was founded in 1965 by the preacher and revival theologian Heinrich Kemner . It was initially founded on a former farm as a Christian leisure center for young people. In the meantime, the GRZ has grown into a 17- hectare area with many different work areas. There is also a church on the factory premises that serves as a place of worship for employees, residents and interested parties .
Organizational support of the work is the non-profit association GRZ Krelingen eV The basic concern of the work consists in living, learning and working in a Christian community as well as the transmission and consolidation of the Christian faith. The current plant manager and chairman of the board has been Pastor Ralf Richter since October 1, 2019.
The GRZ Krelingen belongs to the category II works of the evangelically oriented Evangelical Alliance . They are defined as "independent diaconal, evangelistic, missionary and pastoral works that work supraregional and feel connected in their statutes to the cooperation of the Evangelical Alliance". The GRZ has the donation verification certificate from the Evangelical Alliance (valid until December 31, 2020).
working area
The GRZ Krelingen includes the following work areas on its extensive grounds, in which a voluntary social year or federal voluntary service can be performed:
Krelinger Rehabilitation Center
People with mental illnesses and possibly also with an addiction background can take advantage of social therapy and vocational rehabilitation (participation in working life) at the Krelingen Rehabilitation Center. Targeted help is offered to help you return to an independent life.
Krelingen Study Center
The Krelingen Study Center was founded in November 1972 and, from a legal point of view, is a state-recognized supplementary school. It primarily serves to prepare for university study of Protestant theology in accordance with the Bible , but is also open to other careers: On the one hand, not only students from the regional church are accepted there, but also from other Christian denominations; Furthermore, not all students change to a university after their time in Krelingen, but also to a Bible or mission school. The course at GRZ Krelingen does not necessarily have to be at the beginning of the theology course, but can also be integrated into an ongoing overall course - even without theological reference.
The curriculum includes language courses in the biblical languages ancient Greek and Hebrew as well as in Latin (with an introduction to state and church-recognized language qualifications), introductions to philosophy and a year of theological preparatory studies as preparation for university studies . Shared flats for the students are set up directly in the study center. The students live separately according to gender in shared apartments of up to seven people in two of the three study buildings, which also contain a library and two small lecture halls . New in the offer of the Kelinger study center since 2019 is a preparatory study year for young people who want to work in social / diaconal professions ("work with people") and an orientation year for young adults for personal, spiritual and professional orientation (compass year).
The current director of studies is New Testament scholar Thomas Jeromin. His predecessors were Sven Findeisen from 1972 to 1979 , Joachim Cochlovius from 1979 to 1996 , Pastor Erhard Berneburg from 1998 to 2007 and the Old Testament scholar Manfred Dreytza from 2008 to 2017 .
Krelingen leisure and conference center
The Krelingen leisure and conference center includes a guest area for leisure time, congresses , conferences and seminars for community and other groups as well as youth houses for children, youth and confirmation groups . A hotel is also part of the leisure and conference center. The GRZ is known as a conference location beyond the German borders.
Establishments of the center
There is a gardening , carpentry , bookstore and riding stable on the factory premises . The craft businesses offer vocational training for the plant's rehabilitants as part of vocational rehabilitation (inter-company training).
Krelinger letters
The “Krelinger Briefe” are a free, quarterly newsletter from the GRZ Krelingen. They contain information about events and current events in the GRZ as well as spiritual and theological impulses.
Other work areas
- Heinrich Kemner Foundation for Theology and Congregation
- Art gallery: Exhibition with works by the artist Margret Knoop-Schellbach u. a. Artists adjacent to the church building
- Multipurpose hall Heinrich-Kemner-Halle ( faith hall until 2018 )
- Senior housing
- Range of services (community services) for parishes (lectures, evangelism)
- Pastoral care
Events
Various festive days (Krelingen Friends and Family Day, Women’s and Men’s Day, Farmers’s Day) take place in the GRZ Krelingen at annual events, to which thousands of visitors from all over Germany come. On Sundays at 10 a.m. there is an evangelical service in the church of the GRZ Krelingen. The Krelingen youth festival BAM (encounter, action, music) for 14 to 20 year olds was launched in 1992 and is the follow-up event to the Ahlden Youth Day founded by Pastor Heinrich Kemner in 1946.
Plant manager
| Period | Plant manager |
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| 1965 to 1993 | Pastor Heinrich Kemner (founder) |
| 1994 to 2004 | Pastor Wilfried Reuter |
| 2004 to 2007 | Pastor Kai-Uwe Schroeter |
| 2008 to 2019 | Pastor Martin Westerheide |
| since 2019 | Pastor Ralf Richter |
Published works
- Heinrich Kemner: I can only be amazed. Autobiography, Gr.-Oesingen 1994, ISBN 3-86147-105-1 .
- Heinrich Kemner: ... and have full satisfaction. Devotions for every day, new edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-86147-196-7 .
- Heinrich Kemner: Christ or Chaos: a critical examination of Bezzel's theology in relation to Luther. 1st edition 1959, ISBN 3-8311-4637-3 .
- Erhard Berneburg (Hrsg.): The permanent mission of Pietism: Lectures from the Theological Autumn Congress in the GRZ Krelingen, November 2000. ISBN 3-8311-4636-5 .
- Bjarne Vetrhus: Difficulty concentrating at school: An educator gives an insight into his 30 years of experience at home and at school. ISBN 978-3-00-011748-0 .
- Periodicals:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Idea : Spiritual Armory Center Krelingen: New conference leader. On idea.de, March 17, 2007 (accessed October 20, 2016)
- ↑ Spiritual Armory Center Krelingen celebrates its 50th birthday , ead.de, message from September 22, 2015.
- ↑ German Evangelical Alliance: Issued Spendenprüfzertifikate
- ↑ Change of management at the Krelingen Study Center , idea.de, notification of July 13, 2017
- ↑ In REMID archive listed
- ↑ BAM Festival: Climate change is not the biggest problem , idea.de, article from June 17, 2019.
- ↑ epd at EKD : Spiritual Armaments Center appoints new head ( Memento from May 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Spiritual Armory Center Krelingen: Armory Center gets new head , as seen on August 31, 2008.
- ↑ October 27, 2019: Divine service to change the board of directors at GRZ Krelingen , accessed on October 26, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 48 ′ 10.1 ″ N , 9 ° 39 ′ 9.2 ″ E