{"id":2723,"date":"2021-09-06T22:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T20:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/faqs\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T16:54:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T15:54:22","slug":"faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/church-on-equal-footing\/faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently asked questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow did Church on Equal Footing come about?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

Networking among Christians in intercultural work has existed in Germany for some time (e.g. through AMIN, Jesus Unites, Integration Congress at Sch\u00f6nblick).<\/p>\n

The impetus for “Church on Equal Footingl” came from across the pond. American Christians were astonished by the immigration to Germany of over 1 million refugees in 2015\/2016. Also the great interest in the Christian faith, the many baptisms of former Muslims. They asked, “Doesn’t this totally change your communities in Germany?”<\/p>\n

“That would be nice…”, we replied. To which the American friends responded: “Can’t you network here? Can the Fresh X movement contribute here? Where do you baptize…?”<\/p>\n

This was also a burning question in many places in Germany. “Flight, baptism – and then what?” Many came to such meetings.<\/p>\n

The first meeting of “Church on Equal Footing” took place in June 2018 – directly after the integration congress at Sch\u00f6nblick. Some knew each other, some didn’t, new ones came and come. But we experience it as a gift: trust across church camps emerged, a spiritual community of encouragement and mission.<\/p>\n

Since the summer of 2018, we have been meeting every six months for two-day, spiritually-informed “strategy workshops”.<\/p>\n

The network was formed in the first two years. Die gemeinsame Vision und die Ideen f\u00fcr Praxisprojekte<\/u><\/a>wurden immer klarer.<\/p>\n

In 2020\/21, four practical projects<\/u><\/a> started. They are meant to empower, inspire and broaden horizons. Important tools on the way to new intercultural communities are created here.<\/p>\n

What happens next? It remains exciting. We don’t want to become an association, an institution. As a community of encouragement and mission, we want to be alert to where God’s Spirit is leading us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3056,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2723","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2844,"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2723\/revisions\/2844"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemeinde-auf-augenhoehe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}