- This happened during a school conference in the city of Greifswald, Western Pomerania (former GDR). There was a parent representative on the school council who was completely unchurched, and was interested in the cathedral of Greifswald. He knew the church from various visits and now asked me the very telling question: “Do worship services still take place here occasionally?”
- Mission never happens without a context: God’s mission will take its own shape in every context. Thus we have to look at the East German post-socialist and post-Christendom context in particular.
- When it comes to the matter of truth, the East German situation is ambivalent.
- In addition to that we must understand that this part of Pomerania has never been a flourishing spiritual landscape.
- The “Wende” in 1989 did not bring any change.
- How can mission in such a context correspond to rather than contradict the original missionary, Jesus himself?
- What does it mean to witness to the truth of Christ in such a context?
- There are East German Christians and congregations that follow this pattern.
For more information go to
Witnessing to Christ in a Secular Culture on the Lausanne Movement website.
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