Baptists in Germany

[1][2][3] Together with Oncken, Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann and Julius Köbner formed the "Baptist cloverleaf" of Germany, having a great impact on the movement.

They have no function in relation to hierarchy, but serve primarily to deal with tasks that a single congregation cannot accomplish.

These include, among other things, mission work, diaconia and the theological training of full-time and volunteer staff.

In contrast to their Eastern European countries of origin, no unified union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists was founded in Germany.

The federation was formed in 1989 from the merger of originally six Baptist-oriented congregations, which were primarily located in the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

The main differences are their positions on women's ordination, the charismatic movement and ecumenism, as well as the understanding of the Bible.

[18] Apart from the fact that these are explicitly not only Baptists, this figure, with the exception of the Union of Evangelical Free Churches, likely also includes some if not all of the above-mentioned groupings.