Jesus Revolution

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Jesus Revolution (also Jesus Revolution Army ) is a non-denominational Christian fundamentalist mission organization in Europe , which particularly addresses young people. It was founded in 1997 by Stephan and Anne Christiansen in Oslo , Norway . Since then she has been active in Scandinavia and Europe.

organization

The aim of the organization is to spread the gospel among young people across Europe. For this purpose, the young people are trained in missionary courses. The headquarters and training center are in Oslo. The young people have to pay monthly fees, which, according to the organization, are based on the standard of living in their country of origin. It offers young people an opportunity to work for a year, first attending the mission school and then doing practical missionary work in missionary campaigns and on concert tours. The organization is a mission partner of the Pentecostal European Forum .

The goal is to win young people for Jesus: Through direct discussions in the pedestrian zone, concerts and street performances as well as through mobile teams that visit the local congregations for a few weeks and mobilize the young people there. For example, different teams perform their own Christian musical, which is intended to attract new members from the audience. During their missionary work, they also consciously address non-Christian people - such as Muslims - because they are convinced that Jesus is there for everyone. According to their own information, they have already been to 900 cities and 35 countries with a total of 7,000 young people. The community of young people is also known as the Jesus Revolution Army .

In addition to Jesus Revolution , Stephan Christiansen also founded the Jesus Church in 2000 . She is part of the Pentecostal movement . Anne Christiansen is also a founding member of JesusKvinner , a Christian women's organization.

worldview

The Bible is interpreted literally. One starts from a creationist worldview. The movement advocates a strongly conservative ethic : drugs, homosexuality, abortion and premarital intercourse are uncompromisingly rejected. Stephan Christiansen said in an interview that homosexuals are allowed to come to their events, but are not employed or get into a management position. The reason is that they violate God's words.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b "Faith War" at ARTE: "Christian Fundamentalists in Europe". Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ One Year. In: Jesus Revolution. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ Impact the Alps - Active in five Alpine nations - BFP-Aktuell. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Christian fundamentalism - themed evening Arte. In: YouTube. September 19, 2006, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ vision. In: Jesus Revolution. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ Hans EH Jacobsen: Treningsleir for Jesus. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (Norwegian).
  8. ↑ Lene Wikander: Ytring: Erna Solberg flørter med fundamentalister. March 19, 2017, accessed on September 16, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  9. ↑ Christian fundamentalism and right-wing extremism mix. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
  10. ↑ gates Gjerstad: sektmiljø Knyttes til omstridt. May 26, 2005, Retrieved September 16, 2019 (Norwegian).