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Welcome ...
to Wrttemberg
to Luthers homeland
to Germany
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between Wrttemberg,
and Wittenberg,
the town of Martin Luther.
Around 500 kilometers lie
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It has 22 regional churches.
Germany ...
has 16 federal states.
Baden-Wrttemberg is locatedin the southwestern part. One of them is ours:the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Wrttemberg.
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Protestantism in Germany is
extremely diverse, including
United regionalchurches
Free Protestant churches such as the Baptists and the Methodists
Lutheran regionalchurches
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Baden-Wrttemberg
Well-known companies such as Porsche
AG and Daimler AG are located there.
However, its many small and medium-sized
enterprises are its greatest asset.
with a population of 10.7 million, is the
third-largest of the 16 German federal states.
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Baden-Wrttemberg for years has had the lowest unemployment rate in Germany, but more
than 300,000 persons are nonetheless without jobs.
Average gross salaries are very high, but the gap between rich and pooris increasing steadily: Seventeen percent of children are threatened by
poverty, and many actually live in poverty.
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One federal state, two churches:
The territory of Baden
Wrttemberg comprisestwo autonomous regional
Protestant churches:
The Evangelical
Lutheran Church
in Baden
The Evangelical
Lutheran Church
in Wrttemberg
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The Lutheran church in Wrttemberg
encompasses the tallest steeple
in the world and
... the tiny village
church.
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The Lutheran church in Wrttemberg
is nature and culture.
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has been presided over since 2005
by Bishop Frank Otfried July who,
together with the churchsgoverning bodies,
is headquartered
in Stuttgart.
has around 1,400 congregations
in 51 church districts.
The Lutheran church in Wrttemberg
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The Lutheran church in Wrttemberg
is sacred music, ministry to men,
women, children and adolescents,and much more.
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The Lutheran church in Wrttemberg
is above all 2.3 million Lutheran
men and women.
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Ecumenism
In todays world, we must explainwhy churches do notwork together.
Wrttemberg Church Synod, 1999
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EcumenismThe Wrttemberg church has close ties
with Christians all around the world:
the World Council of Churches (WCC)
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
the Conference of European Churches (CEC)
Numerous congregations have partnerships with
congregation in many parts of the world.
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EcumenismThe Wrttemberg church has close ties
with Christians all around the world:
the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe -
Leuenberg Church Fellowship (CPCE);
the regional churchs mission, ecumenism and
development agency, DiMOE; the Association of Churches and Missions in
South-Western Germany (EMS).
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EcumenismThe Wrttemberg church has close ties
with Christians all around the world:
within the territory of the regional church, there are 55 non-Catholicmigrant congregations. The regional church has close ties withmany of them.
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The Social Welfare Service of the Protestant Churches
in Wrttemberg (DWW) is the churches social welfare
agency that coordinates diaconal activities:
Around 40,000 persons are employed full-time in approximately 1,500 DWW-affiliated
facilities. The diaconal service provides counseling and assistance in situations of
need: indebtedness, drug-addiction, marital problems.
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The Social Welfare Service of the Protestant Churches
in Wrttemberg (DWW) is the churches social welfare
agency that coordinates diaconal activities:
The campaign Brot fr die Welt is part
of the Evangelical Church in Germany
and has its headquarters in Stuttgart.
Total donations in 2008 amounted to
51 million euros.
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Stuttgart is the capital of the State
of Baden-Wrttemberg
It has just under 600,000 inhabitants
and many places of interest.
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The church city of Stuttgart
with its 170,000 Christians anxiously awaits your visit!
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offers optimal meeting facilities.
The Maritim Hotel has direct access to the worship area.
Accommodation and meetings are all in one location.
The KKL culture and conference center
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We invite you:
Come spend several days before the Assembly to
become acquainted with a German regional churchand pay a visit to the Luther town of Wittenberg.
To come to Gemany
and not visit Wittenberg
and Luthers tomb
unthinkable!
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I welcome each and every one of you
to the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Wrttemberg.
Experience the many facets of our church,
meet its people, break bread with them,
share their experiences,
their aspirations
and their faith.
Presiding Bishop Frank Otfried July
A presentation of the Press Office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wrttemberg
Welcome