Oriental women mission
| Oriental Women's Mission (MFM) |
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|---|---|
| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1842 in Berlin |
| founder | Amalie Eichhorn |
| Seat | Berlin |
| Office | Berlin |
| precursor | Women's association for Christian education of women in the Orient |
| successor | Morgenland Foundation |
| resolution | June 30, 2020 |
| motto | Hope from women for women |
| main emphasis | Support for girls and women projects in the Middle East as well as in Berlin and Brandenburg |
| method | Founding of a Bible school and participation in partner church projects |
| Chair | Cornelia from Uckro |
| Website | Frauenmission.de |
The Morgenländische Frauenmission is an evangelical mission association in Berlin .
Based on the English model, it was founded in Berlin in 1842 as a women's association for Christian education for women in the East . It was one of the first German clubs ever to be founded by women. The association trained missionaries, first for India , later also for what is now Indonesia and Africa. By 1900, the club moved into its own building in Berlin light field , by the architect, the Karl Siebold from Bethel built so-called "mission home" in the Finckensteinallee. After 1945 a Bible school was operated in which missionaries, parish helpers and catechists were trained. The Morgenländische Frauenmission has been part of the Berliner Missionswerk since 1984 . The association operated a conference center with overnight accommodation, a retirement home and a senior citizens' home. In 1983, a former garage that belonged to a director of IG Farben was converted into a chapel .
literature
- Katharina Schubert : The first German women's mission: 1842-1967. Our way through 125 years. Berlin 1967
- Christa Otto : By women - through women - for women: 1842–1992. 150 years of the Morgenländische Frauenmission Berlin. Berlin 1992