Kirche in strmischen Zeiten

Once a year, the church president presents a report on the state of the church and society before the synod. This is stipulated by the church order of the EKHN. The report highlights how the church is challenged by current events and how it responds to them concretely. It also serves as a theologically grounded announcement of the times. Volker Jung was the church president of the EKHN for sixteen years and has been a member of the EKD council since 2015. Global financial crisis, sexualized violence, climate change, peace ethics, ecumenism, interreligious dialogue, migration and refugee reception, digitalization, Corona, the Reformation anniversary, membership development, and many other topics are addressed in the reports. They are documents of a time that is very dynamic both ecclesiastically and politically. The volume includes a foreword by President Dr. Birgit Pfeiffer and former President Dr. Ulrich Oelschläger.