Cultural Office of the EKD

The cultural office of the EKD is responsible for the cultural and cultural-political engagement of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) . It was set up in 2006 and is based in Berlin .

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The cultural office of the council of the EKD has the task of making the cultural commitment of the EKD visible. The main focus is on strengthening cultural work within the church and specially initiated cultural projects with various cultural institutions that have an important bridge function in society. In addition, the cultural office of the EKD Council acts together with the GEP's Film and Culture Center in the media area, including the mobile website kulturkirchen.org, which includes over 1,500 churches nationwide and among other things. a. contains a compendium of Protestant artists in pictures, text and sample work and a daily devotion with a work by Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as in the field of spiritual and church-historical cultural tourism. The cultural-political area is determined nationwide through cooperation with the German Cultural Council and various cultural institutions.

“The church is called upon to be active in three respects - as the one who sees that art today is less a question of style than of attitude and that controversial, individual approaches are indispensable for this. As a client who promotes the current engagement with the Bible and discusses it in public, and as a mediator who takes away the fear of one's own judgment by learning to understand and actively promoting understanding. "

- Klaus-Martin Bresgott , Cultural Office of the Council of the EKD

In addition, the cultural office is responsible for publishing books and CDs on relevant cultural topics.

Impulses

The cultural office has already given important impetus to the following commemorative events or is involved in the organization:

Paul Gerhardt Year 2007 Hugo Distler Memorial 2008 Calvin year 2009 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2009

Reformation and Music 2012 Reformation and Politics - In Spirit 2014 Reformation - Picture and Bible 2015

Cooperation partner

Artheon - Society for Contemporary Art and Church chrismon - the evangelical magazine German Historical Museum German Hygiene Museum German Cultural Council German Music Council Deutschlandradio Kultur ELIPORT Evangelical literature portal Evangelical Academy in Berlin Evangelisches Kulturbüro Ruhr 2010, active participation in RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture Research center of the Evangelical Study Community (FEST) Gütersloher publishing house

Herder publishing house Institute for Church Construction and Church Art of the Present Conference of the heads of the church and state training centers for church music and the regional church music directors of the EKD St. Stephani Cultural Church in Bremen Luther Decade - Luther 2017 St. Matthew Foundation Center for Preaching Culture Wittenberg Carus publishing house Photography - Ludwig Rauch Photography - Andreas Schoelzel Graphics - Etc.pp. Illustration - Imke Trostbach Klemmer publishing house

Web links

• Website of the cultural office
• Website Kulturkirchen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kreuz-und-quer.de - Discussion forum on political action based on Christian responsibility, accessed on December 12, 2014
2. ^ Homepage of the KB of the EKD, accessed on April 12, 2015
3. ↑ Homepage Reformation and Music 2012, accessed on June 10, 2015
4. ^ Homepage Reformation and Politics 2014, accessed on June 21, 2015
5. ↑ Homepage Kulturkirchen - Kultur in der Kirche, accessed on June 21, 2015
6. ↑ Website of the St. Matthew Foundation with detailed information, accessed on January 5, 2010
7. ↑ website for the center for evangel. Preaching culture; Retrieved on January 5, 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2014 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.