Migration Church
A migration church (also migrant church ) is an association of Christians with a migration background who see themselves as a church .
Structure of the municipalities
Migrant communities are as diverse as Christianity. Many migrant congregations show no theological differences to “ mainstream ” churches, they only differ from local congregations of the same denomination in their language and a certain expatriate culture . While many of these churches are more recent, with increasing global mobility since the 1960s, examples are known from the 19th century , the Middle Ages, and even biblical times.
Examples
Examples of migrant churches are:
- Baptist congregations of repatriates from Russia in Germany
- the Orthodox Churches in Central Europe
- the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROKA)
- Roman Catholic parishes in which services are held in a language other than the national language (e.g. Italian in Germany, English in Italy, Croatian in Switzerland), with the exception of the Latin liturgy
- charismatic , Pentecostal and other evangelical congregations of African Christians in Europe
- English-speaking Anglican communities in continental Europe
- Various German-speaking Methodist churches and congregations in the USA in the 19th century, including the Church of the United Brothers in Christ and the Evangelical Community
- Emigrantkyrkja (Sletta) , Norway
literature
- Simon Röthlisberger, Matthias D. Wüthrich: New Migration Churches in Switzerland , In: SEK Study 2 . Verlag Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund SEK, Bern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7229-0004-9 ( online ; PDF; 704 kB)
- Bianca Dümling: Migration churches in Germany: Places of integration . Lembeck, 2011, ISBN 9783874766319
Documentation
- Jesus integrates. Migration churches in Switzerland . A film by Norbert Bischofberger. SRF: Sternstunde Religion , November 8, 2009, online (only available in Switzerland).
Footnotes
- ^ Simon Röthlisberger, Matthias D. Wüthrich: New Migration Churches in Switzerland . Bern 2009. p. 9