Hanoverian Association of Regional Church Communities
The Hanoverian Association of Regional Church Communities (HVLG) is an umbrella organization of regional church communities in the federal states of Lower Saxony and Bremen. The association works within the regional churches of Hanover , Schaumburg-Lippes , Braunschweig , Oldenburg and Bremen . It belongs to the Europe-wide network of mission movements in the Protestant churches ( community movement ). Regional church communities and non-organized groups in around 200 locations in Lower Saxony and Bremen are affiliated with it. Mostly Protestant Christians and other people interested in questions of life and faith meet there.
Different age and target groups are reached with different offers. For adults there are Bible talks and home groups, community hours or evening services . In many places there is an event for all age groups, as well as child and youth work, women's initiatives and family offers, counseling and pastoral care, in some places choirs, singing groups or instrumental groups. In addition, there are leisure activities and holiday measures, as well as project groups and seminars - for example on questions of life and getting to know the Bible.
More than 1,000 voluntary workers and 25 full-time theological workers help shape the events and initiatives of the regional church communities. The most important publication of the association is the bimonthly magazine WIR + with a regional section for Lower Saxony. The national managing director of the association is Gerhard Stolz, Bispingen .