TEAM.F
| TEAM.F - New Life for Families e. V. | |
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| legal form | Registered association |
| founding | March 8, 1987 |
| founder | Eberhard and Claudia Mühlan , Dirk and Christa Lüling |
| Seat | Ludenscheid |
| motto | Because everyone needs a home |
| main emphasis | Christian marriage and family seminars |
| Action space | Germany and Austria |
| Managing directors | Eckhard Goseberg |
| Employees | 40 |
| Volunteers | 800 |
| Website | www.team-f.de |
TEAM.F - New Life for Families e. V. is a Christian counseling organization that offers seminars and counseling for married couples and families on the basis of an image of man based on the Bible . The radius of action is nationwide. The association has 40 full-time and around 800 volunteer employees. The seat is Lüdenscheid .
history
In 1987, “New Life for Families e. V. ”under the direction of Claudia and Eberhard Mühlan and Christa and Dirk Lüling in Lüdenscheid . This was preceded by various “Family Weeks” since 1981, which the New Zealand pastor Don Kirkby conducted in cooperation with youth with a mission in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 1983 a first working group was founded under the name “New Life - New Families”. The small organization grew rapidly. The work was regionalized as early as 1988 and the first regional managers were appointed in 1989. When the association took its current name in 2000, there were already 24 permanent employees. The Team.F Academy was founded in 2006, and Eberhard and Claudia Mühlan took over the management. In 2009, the founding couple Mühlan and Lüling handed over overall management of the organization to their successors.
activity
One of the main areas of activity of Team.F is to offer seminars on topics such as friendship and marriage preparation, couple and marriage relationships, parenting and raising children, separation and reorientation and lifestyle, always on the basis of a Christian fundamentalist worldview. In addition, Christian pastors and advisers are placed through Team.F for individual support. According to its own information, Team.F reached around 10,000 visitors in 2011 with 250 family-related events.
The TEAM.F magazine is published quarterly and contains a catalog of current seminars and various articles on the subject of marriage and family.
The TEAM.F Academy offers training courses which, in a combination of distance learning and face-to-face seminars, entitle the holder to use the seminar documents of the organization of Christian marriage and family counselors.
Positions (selection)
The association represents Christian fundamentalist values in its seminars and publications . Various social problems are defined and possible answers are suggested using passages from the Bible. The aim is to help to take "a biblically-based position".
- For example, modern western society is characterized by over- sexualization . Another problem is that sex and love are viewed as two separate areas, which contradicts the messages of the Bible.
- The association stands up against pornography and prostitution and describes these in a series with sexual abuse as a characteristic of "exploitation of women" in modern society.
- According to the association, the increase in single parents leads to an increasing number of children with behavioral disorders , poor concentration , loneliness , aggression , as well as physical and mental malnutrition.
- The association speaks of a “God's creation order for marriage”, which it regards as “binding”. According to its own statements, the organization wants to do “everything” “so that it can be understood and adhered to”. The association sees marriage as the "ideal way of life for women and men" and as a "bond for life". The club's website states that employees generally do not recommend a divorce, but advise and support people after a divorce and if they wish to remarry.
Team.F works across denominations and sees itself as part of the German Evangelical Alliance .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Prime Minister praises Christian family initiative "Team.F" on idea.de, April 6, 2012
- ↑ Information for the “History” section from A look into our history at www.team-f.de (accessed on August 25, 2015)
- ↑ Seminar overview (accessed August 25, 2015) on www.team-f.de
- ↑ Team.F consultant search on www.team-f.de (accessed: August 25, 2015)
- ↑ Study and try out at www.team-f-akademie.de (accessed: October 2, 2012)
- ↑ https://www.team-f.de/de/sexualitaet__462/
- ↑ https://www.team-f.de/de/familien__465/
- ↑ On divorce and remarriage at www.team-f.de (accessed on August 25, 2015)
- ↑ Team.F , sub-item club culture at www.team-f.de (accessed on August 25, 2015)
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 8.5 ″ N , 7 ° 39 ′ 20.9 ″ E