Ökumenischer Kirchentag 2021

After Volker Jung [de] and the Bishop of Limburg, Georg Bätzing invited to support an ecumenical event, the decision for Frankfurt as location for the third Ökumenischer Kirchentag was made in November 2016, at the closing ceremony of the 101st Katholikentag in Münster.

The joint presidency (Gemeinsames Präsidium) responsible for the content planning first met in December 2018, formed by 43 persons elected by the churches and other organisations.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an announcement was given on 22 September 2020 that the Kirchentag would take place in modified form to conform with the necessary hygiene concept.

Saturday evening was planned for smaller services in local churches, "ökumenisch sensibel gestaltete" (with sensitivity for ecumenical aspects).

It was commissioned for the event, with texts by Eugen Eckert and Helmut Schlegel, and music by Bernhard Kießig and Peter Reulein.