DThe Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD) will be led by Annette Kurschus in the future.The Episcopal Conference elects a 58-year-old evangelical chairman church He came from Westphalia on Wednesday morning and served as the chairman of the EKD board of directors for the next six years. She won 126 out of 140 votes. Kurshus succeeded the Bishop of Bavaria, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, who did not run for public office again after serving as the top church for seven years because his term in Bavaria was about to Finish.
In the election of the new EKD committee, Kurshus left behind the bishop of Hamburg Kirstenfels, who was also traded to the top position. However, Fairs also obtained strong election results and was elected as Kurshus’ deputy on Wednesday. She won 116 out of 139 votes. There are now three women leading the German Protestant Church: the heads of Kurschus and Fehrs of the EKD committee, the head of EKD Synod, and the 25-year-old student Anna-Nicole Heinrich.
“We must inject a tone into our lives that no one else can do”
compared to Bedford StromKurshus took a clear and controversial position on political issues and was considered more cautious. However, the praes of Westphalia announced that the evangelical church would continue to speak out “if the gospel requires it.” “We must give life a tone that no one else can do.”
Protestant churches should say “recognizable” and “considered” and “occasionally clumsy and insist on differentiation.” Christians should first consider “respective losers and those left behind”, because Jesus is on the margins of society The person who is moving is actually the “middle” of the church. The church also named the climate protection challenge “Let our children and grandchildren live well”. In addition, “specially recommend strangers” to the church.
Kurschus was born as a priest’s daughter in northern Hessen, a predominantly Lutheran state. Later, the family moved to the reformed Siegland, which belonged to the Westphalian Evangelical Church. As a unified regional church, Westphalia unified the influence of the two sects of German Protestantism.
During the coronavirus pandemic, the Westphalian church led by Kurschus paid special attention to protecting health. Compared with churches in other regions, face-to-face events are cancelled more frequently and replaced by digital forms.
