JesusHouse

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JesusHouse has been a Christian, evangelistic youth event in the German-speaking area since 1998, which is organized by proChrist eV , a Christian, non-profit association based in Kassel.

concept

JesusHouse are Europe-wide unique, non-denominational events for teenagers and young adults, which are organized in parallel by several hundred Christian youth groups. The theme weeks invite you to grapple with essential questions of life and to talk about God and the Christian faith. Music (including with bands from the Christian scene) , multimedia, interviews, campaigns and keynote speeches are part of the program of the youth event, which is organized roughly every three years.

Until 2007, JesusHouse consisted of one central event , which was broadcast via satellite or live stream to around 1,000 venues across Europe. has been. Since 2010 the hosts have been able to choose between a public viewing variant and an individual week with their own speaker. The program looks a little different at each venue, depending on the target group and location. In addition to a stage form, a more dialogical program has also been possible since 2017.

organization

ProChrist eV has been an interdenominational initiative of Christians from different churches since 1993. The association is supported almost exclusively by donations. Through Prochrist Live events (for adults) and JesusHouse themed weeks (for teenagers and young adults), the association supports church congregations in introducing people to the Christian faith. Central issues of faith are explained in a clearly understandable way and people are invited to the Christian faith. Prochrist Live Weeks take place continuously at different locations in Germany and other European countries.

The basis for all JesusHouse and Prochrist events is the belief base of the German Evangelical Alliance and the Lausanne commitment of 1974. In addition, the association is guided by the behavioral recommendations of Mission Respekt and the ecumenical document 'Christian witness in a multi-religious world'.

A management group is responsible for the JesusHouse project . Full-time employees of the proChrist office and numerous volunteers are involved in many working groups and a project group. Klaus Göttler and Dieter Braun ran JesusHouse until 2017 . The current JesusHouse managers are Julia Garschagen and Kai Günther.

In addition to grants from the EKD and individual regional churches, the event is financed by donations. The EKD participated in 2004 with 150,000 euros to the total cost of 2.5 million euro, individual regional churches contributed another 50,000 euros. In 2007 the total cost was around three million euros, which was mainly covered by donations.

Events

JesusHouse 1998

The first event took place on January 30th and 31st, 1998 as an evangelistic program as part of Pro Christ 97 . It was broadcast from the forum in Nuremberg to 450 locations; the main speaker was the Marburg evangelist Roland Werner .

JesusHouse 2000

Expo 2000 Landmark: Pavilion of Hope by WVD , YMCA and DEA .

The second JesusHouse event was broadcast from October 10-14, 2000 from Expo 2000 in Hanover . It took place in the Pavilion of Hope (the "Expo Whale"). The speakers were Roland Werner, Johannes Müller, Lutz Scheufler, Ulrich Scheffbuch and Klaus Göttler. The bands BAFF , Judy Bailey , Beatbetrieb , Sarah Brendel , One Accord , Danny Plett and W4C were involved in the supporting musical program .

JesusHouse 2004

JesusHouse 2004 took place from March 16-20 , 2004 in the Tränenpalast in Berlin .

The event was broadcast to over 730 locations (591 of which were in Germany ) in 10 European countries, with synchronized translations available in six languages. The main speakers were Christina Riecke (now: Christina Brudereck) and Torsten Hebel . In the musical framework program, u. a. Artists like Judy Bailey. The 591 German local events were organized by a collaboration of 2,114 Christian congregations and groups; the respective regional church was involved in 63 percent of the locations . A total of around 400,000 young people (the average age was 17.5 years) attended the JesusHouse broadcast. Another 12,000 people followed the event on the Internet . JesusHouse was designed for teenagers and young adults between 16 and 25 years of age.

At the end of the week there was a JesusHouse finale. In Sindelfingen Glaspalast occurred among other things, Judy Bailey more than 5,000 spectators.

JesusHouse 2007

JesusHouse 2007 took place from April 24th to 28th, 2007 in the Hamburg fish auction hall and at over 740 local venues, which the organizer estimates were visited by around 100,000 people per evening. 15,000 employees made the implementation possible. Pastor Christina Brudereck and the actor and comedian Torsten Hebel preached; in addition, well-known Christian singers performed, including Thomas Enns (ex- Germany-seeks-the-superstar candidate) as well as the musician, music producer and pop star juror Dieter Falk and the singer Patrick Nuo .

JesusHouse 2010/2011

JesusHouse 2010/2011 followed a new concept. Five-day local events for 16 to 20 year-olds were offered at 300 locations ( JesusHouse local ). The central event then took place from March 30th to April 2nd, 2011 in the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart and was broadcast live in 700 venues. Tim Niedernolte moderated .

JesusHouse 2017

In the campaign period between February 20 and April 9, 825 groups took part in 275 locations with a total of 85,000 visitors. The meetings were aimed at the target groups of 13 to 17 year olds as well as for 17 to 21 year olds. The concept envisaged different formats: from central events in Vienna and Schwäbisch Gmünd, the program was broadcast by satellite to 113 locations, primarily in Germany. In the other locations, the local organizers organized worship-like meetings with one of 150 speakers. With the jesushouse @ home variant, young hosts invited their friends into the living room to watch the program as a video stream.

JesusHouse 2020

From February 24, 2020 to April 5, 2020 JesusHouse will take place for the seventh time. Under the motto “A new way to be human”, congregation youths nationwide invite you to evangelistic evenings. The program is designed for 13-17 year olds. A livestream week will be offered within the promotional period, which venues can join.

Visitor numbers

JesusHouse in numbers:

year Transfer locations Visitors places
1998 Nuremberg 120,000 439
2000 Hanover 225,000 510
2004 Berlin 420,000 730
2007 Hamburg 400,000 750
2011 Stuttgart 160,000 492
2017 Vienna & Schwäbisch Gmünd 85,000 275

Discography

  • 2010 Album: Gracetown # 02: This is our time
  • 2010 Album: Gracetown # 01: You stay
  • 2008 Album: JesusHouseBand - Moved by Jesus (Hänssler Verlag, official album for Christival 2008)
  • 2007 Album: JesusHouseBand - House of Love (Hänssler Verlag)
  • 2007 single: JesusHouseBand - House of Love (Hänssler Verlag)
  • 2004 Album: Various - ... arrive! - JesusHouse music sampler - the best songs from the JesusHouse 2004 (SCM / 'JesusHouse' / ProChrist eV) [limited edition]
  • 2000 Album: Various - JesusHouse - music for the future (Felsenfest / Kawohl)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Cosima Eberlein: JesusHouse 2017 creates space for young people to ask questions about meaning. ProChrist, September 29, 2016, accessed October 21, 2018 .
  2. http://www.prochrist.org/prochrist-ev
  3. Jesus House and Jesus House Party of the Paul Gerhardt Youth. Die Münchener Wochenanzeiger, July 24, 2007, archived from the original on August 5, 2010 ; Retrieved August 5, 2010 .
  4. Our own band takes care of the music. Retrieved on August 5, 2010 : "Broadcast from the Hamburg fish auction hall in over 700 individual events across Europe."
  5. ^ "Jesus House": A room in Potsdam. March 13, 2004, archived from the original on August 5, 2010 ; Retrieved August 5, 2010 .
  6. ^ A virtual JesusHouse German Evangelical Alliance from February 6, 2004
  7. January - March 2004. In: News archive date = 2004. Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck , archived from the original on August 5, 2010 ; accessed on August 5, 2010 : “The event, which cost around 2.5 million euros, is supported with 150,000 euros by the Evangelical Church in Germany; another 50,000 euros come from the Protestant regional churches. "
  8. ^ JesusHouse 98. Retrieved August 5, 2010 .
  9. Johannes Neukirch: The topics religion, church and Christianity on the Internet ( Memento from August 4, 2010 on WebCite ) in: viewpoints 1/2000. Evangelical adult education Lower Saxony, p. 11 f.
  10. Take off : im believing in it BORN-VERLAG, 2006, ISBN 3870924187 , ISBN 9783870924188 , p. 5.
  11. Modern Missionary Work - Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 15, 2003
  12. Oda Lambrecht, Christian Baars: Mission Gottesreich: Fundamentalist Christians in Germany , p. 198 f.
  13. ^ Protestant news agency idea : Trembling to the last: JesusHouse opened in Hamburg. (No longer available online.) April 25, 2007, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.idea.de  
  14. Hope and Action (Journal of the Evangelical Association for the Bible and Confession), April 2010, p. 5 (PDF; 642 kB); accessed on August 5, 2010
  15. KI.KA: Niedernolte moderates for children. In: Medienmagazin pro . May 28, 2010; Archived from the original on August 2, 2010 ; Retrieved August 5, 2010 .
  16. Youth evangelization: JesusHouse 2017 wants to answer young people's questions , idea.de, message from September 29, 2016.
  17. http://kongresse.prochrist.org/jesushouse
  18. Youth evangelism: 85,000 visitors came to JesusHouse , Idea , article of April 7, 2017.
  19. JesusHouse in numbers . In: IdeaSpektrum edition 15.2017, p. 7