Institute for Church Building and World Mission

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IGW International
legal form society
founding 1991
founder Heinz Strupler
Seat Zurich , Switzerland
motto LIVE THEOLOGY
main emphasis Theological education and training
people Chrigu Wittwer (President)
Michael Girgis (Rector)
Website www.igw.edu

IGW International (Institute for Congregational Further Education) based in Zurich is a private theological training center founded in 1991 with an evangelical character for pastors and church leaders as well as leaders of church and diaconal works in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.

IGW is committed to the belief base of the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) and the Lausanne commitment . The institute works with the Society for Education and Research in Europe (GBFE) and the Global University ICI ( International Correspondence Institute ). IGW is a member of the EEAA ( European Evangelical Accrediting Association ) and has submitted an application for accreditation of the Bachelor programs. The IGW is a regular member of the Conference Bibeltreuer Bildungsstätten e. V.

Studies

IGW carries out a modularized study of theology , which is supplemented by seminars at various locations in Switzerland and Germany . Corresponding academic degrees are also awarded in cooperation with the University of South Africa . Since IGW is one of the larger theological training centers in German-speaking Europe, various Bible schools work together with IGW.

In both countries, there is the possibility of face-to-face studies in the study centers; distance learning is also possible.

  • Bachelor's degree (BA) - 4 years of face-to-face study (2 years of basic studies, 2 years of postgraduate studies), accompanying the community. The course is offered in the study centers in Switzerland (Bern-Burgdorf and Zurich) and in Germany (Berlin, Braunschweig, Essen, Frankfurt and from the academic year 20/21 also in Hamburg) and is aimed at people who are looking for a full-time Want to prepare for service.
  • The bachelor's degree course BTh and the master's degree course MTh are only possible in Switzerland in face-to-face studies (3 years BTh, 2 years MTh), parallel to the community. The course is offered in the study centers in Switzerland ( Burgdorf and Zurich) and is geared towards people who want to prepare for full-time service.
  • Master's program (MA) - around 3 years part-time; Programs for pastoral postgraduate studies or additional training for leading personalities in churches, works or missions who already have a higher education, a university or a technical college degree.
  • The IGW also offers various types of distance learning programs. From a one-year starter course to a master's in distance learning.

Study centers

Former study centers existed in Basel , Karlsruhe , Brüchermühle , Chemnitz and Nuremberg .

IGW Germany

IGW Germany e. V., based in Essen, is the German branch of IGW International. Their training courses are not recognized by the member churches of the EKD .

history

IGW was founded in 1991 by Heinz Strupler, founder and pastor of the Newlife congregations . The Evangelical Reformed theologian Fritz Peyer-Müller joined the group in 1993; in 1995 he set up the study center in Bern and set up larger, future-oriented structures. A postgraduate course was introduced in 1997, and a year later a distance learning program was set up. From 2002 to 2017, Peyer was the rector of the training center. In 2003, the first study center in Germany was set up in Essen and a center for the master’s program was established in Olten. Missional theology has been taught since 2008, which emphasizes God's relational character and service to society more than classical evangelical theology has done so far. In the same year, Peter Müller's Columbans Revolution was the first volume to be published by Edition IGW. There have been courses in Austria since 2015. In 2017 Michael Girgis was appointed rector, IGW now has 350 students, 125 of whom were freshmen.

Publications

In Neufeld Verlag appearing Edition IGW . It makes the research results of students and lecturers at IGW International accessible to a broad readership and thus wants to make a contribution to meeting the current church development and missionary challenge in Europe. So far published:

  • Peter Müller: Columban's Revolution. How Irish monks reached Central Europe with the gospel - and what we can learn from them. (= Edition IGW. Volume 1) Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-937896-64-9 .
  • Roland Hardmeier: Church is a mission. On the way to a holistic understanding of mission. (= Edition IGW. Volume 2) Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-937896-77-9 . (Hardmeier was awarded the 2009 George William Peters Prize of the Working Group for Evangelical Missiology (AfeM) for his book .)
  • Johannes Reimer : Celebrating God in the world. On the way to missional worship. (= Edition IGW. Volume 3). Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-937896-90-8 .
  • Roland Hardmeier: Beloved world. Towards a new missionary paradigm. (= Edition IGW. Volume 4). Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-86256-026-4 .
  • Heinrich Christian Rust : Spirit of God - source of life. Basics of a missional pneumatology. (= Edition IGW. Volume 5). Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-86256-032-5 .
  • Johannes Reimer : Come in! Welcoming culture and evangelism. (= Edition IGW. Volume 6). Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-86256-034-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History on the igw website ( memento of the original from October 9, 2017 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.igw.edu
  2. ↑ Rolf Höneisen: Again and again, discovering new things , idea spectrum , Liestal October 4, 2017, pp 11-13.

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