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The Advisory Commission on Worldwide Ecumenism of the "EKD – Protestant Church in Germany" has for several years been following the development of Pentecostal churches and discussing the topic with numerous international experts. On this basis, a study paper entitled “Pentecostal Movement and Charismatisation. Approaches – Suggestions – Perspectives” was drawn up and published in German in 2021.

Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Chair of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD) and Bishop Ralf Meister, Senior Bishop of the United Protestant Lutheran Church in Germany (Vereinigte Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, VELKD) regret the British decision to leave the European Union.

Signed by European church leaders – issued jointly by the Churches’ Commission for Migrants and the Conference of European Churches.

Wolfsburg (epd). The City of Wolfsburg has been officially named a "Reformation City of Europe". The label honours the special history of the Reformation in the region which later saw the founding of the city of Wolfsburg, said Lutheran Bishop Ralf...

Bonn/Kassel (epd). The Ecumenical Peace Decade next year will have the theme of argument. Against the background of rising military spending, it is about arguing for an expansion of civil conflict management, the association Ecumenical Peace Decade...

Bremen (epd). Renke Brahms, a leading Bremen pastor and spokesperson on peace for the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), is concerned about Russia’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and about the future of the...