‘Historic break’: Church-goers now a minority in Germany
RELIGION According to projections by experts, for the first time in centuries, more than 50 percent of the German population no longer belong to a church. Published: 12 April 2022 […]
Developments in Western Christianity from Martin Luther to Pope John XXIII
Apr 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Kamel Abu Jaber Martin Luther’s “opening” of the Bible, especially the Old Testament, to his followers caused Western Christians, initially Protestants and, five centuries later, […]
Defining Protestant identity
REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY Defining Protestant identity By Olivier Pauchard DEC 28, 2016 – Attempts by Martin Luther (1483-1546) to reform the church from neighbouring Germany found fertile soil in Switzerland. (akg-images / Doris Poklekowski) The year 2017 will mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Martin Luther’s theses that sparked […]
God is not dead , he only loses the Christian face
by Hugo Stamm on Tuesday the 17th December 2013 TAGESANZEIGER.CH The Christian churches are stuck in an identity crisis . Less than ten percent of the population regularly visit a church any more, not even half of the Swiss believe in a personal God, as represented by the Christian faith […]
Pastor ‘The Bible is not a recipe book’
by Igor Petrov, swissinfo.ch December 1, 2013 – 11:00 Rene Weber was a dental technician before deciding to sink his teeth into a new calling – the life of a Protestant pastor. Does the Bible provide him with an answer to every problem? Of course not, he says, but it […]