Church building association

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A church building association ( Kirchbauverein ) is an association that supports the construction and maintenance of church buildings .

definition

Usually, such an association is founded on their own initiative by residents of a town who want to build a church. Through donations, the members of the association participate in the procurement of the funds necessary for church building. Local companies are also written to and asked to help. Depending on the type of company, this help can range from financial support to the free provision of building materials or labor.

Club members often go from house to house and also ask for donations. The foundation of such an association is already an advertisement for the construction of the house of God and its support. Nowadays, many church building societies hold concerts or lectures to promote their project and to raise money.

In addition to the construction of churches, church building associations also fund the financing of initial or new furnishings (bells, altars, pews, heating, etc.).

After a church is completed, church building associations sometimes break up. They often persist to support upcoming renovations to the church.

Examples

  • 1874 Church Building Association for was Würzburg district Sanderau founded in 1889 and such for the Würzburg district Grombühl , each prior to the establishment of local parishes in the 1914th

See also

literature

  • Iselin Gundermann: Church building and diakonia: Empress Auguste Victoria and the Evangelical Church Aid Association. In: Issues of the Evangelical Church Building Association. Volume 7, p. 4.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430-449 and 1303, here: p. 431.