New Apostolic Church (Meiningen)

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New Apostolic Church in Meiningen
View from the north

The New Apostolic Church in the district town of Meiningen is a modern church built in 2000. The church is the center of the Meiningen congregation of the New Apostolic District Church of Saxony / Thuringia, which belongs to the administrative area of ​​the New Apostolic Church of Central Germany . The community leader is Wolfgang Franz.

Building

The New Apostolic Church was inaugurated with a divine service on February 20, 2000 after only five months of construction. The building is located in the east of the city center on the busy Neu-Ulmer-Straße . Previously, the community was just one block away in a city ​​villa in the Schöne Aussicht. The villa no longer met the requirements of the community, so a modern prefabricated church was built, financed by donations . The prefabricated parts were specially designed and manufactured by the manufacturer for this church. The church has colored glazed church windows on the north and south sides, offers 160 seats, an organ, a mother-child area and wheelchair-accessible access.

local community

The New Apostolic Congregation in Meiningen was founded in 1903. After the political change in the GDR , the number of members increased sharply. In 2007 it had 304 members. Until 2015 it was the largest congregation in the Meiningen church district , which comprised 13 congregations in all of southern Thuringia with a total of 1620 members (2008). In January 2016, the church districts Gotha and Meiningen merged to form the church district Gotha with 20 parishes and 3,633 members. District chairman and district elder is Ralf Schneider from the Schleusingen community . The responsible apostle is Rolf Wosnitzka from Erfurt , the responsible bishop is Ralph Wittich from Schleiz .

Web links

Commons : New Apostolic Church  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lexicon on Stadtgeschichte Meiningen, Bielsteinverlag Meiningen, 2008, p. 132.
  2. ^ New Apostolic Church in Central Germany.

Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '55.4 "  N , 10 ° 25' 1.4"  E