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More than 50,000 attend Pentecost events in Germany

Michael Ireland June 13, 2019 2 min read

The 2019 Pentecost Mission Festival in Liebenzell. Photo - Liebenzeller Mission

HAMBURG, GERMANY (ANS) — More than 50,000 attended Pentecost gatherings throughout Germany.

Baptisms, festivals, evangelistic events, youth gatherings, open air activities, and barbeques were held.

At least 20 big events were held in open air locations, with music, preaching and food. 90 pastors baptised around 500 people in the Elb river.

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The 2019 Pentecost Mission Festival in Liebenzell. Photo – Liebenzeller Mission

At least 50,000 people joined one of the more than 20 big Christian events that were organised throughout Germany on Pentecost Sunday, June 9.

According to German news website Idea Spektrum, around 500 people were baptised in the river Elb in the city of Hamburg. Around 90 pastors of the Northern Church (Reformed) were engaged, and more than 5,000 relatives and friends attended the celebration.

10,000 people more gathered in the annual Pentecost weekend of Bobengrün, organised by CVJM. Music, workshops, sports and preaching were held in a forest area.

Two similar gatherings of the Liebenzeller Mission brought together around 7,000 people. Pentecost events in Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, Sachsen and elsewhere gathered some thousands as well.

A survey conducted in Germany in May 2019 and published by newspaper Bild showed that only 39% of the population believes in the ‘existence of a god,’ be it Christian, Muslim or of another religion. 29% of those asked said they believe in heaven and 14% in the existence of hell.

The fall of the historic Protestant and Roman Catholic churches contrasts with the slow but sustained growth of evangelical churches and movements, which now represent around 2% of the population.

The author of this story, Michael Ireland, is a self-supported media missionary with ANS. Click here to support him as a missionary journalist. 

Michael Ireland

Michael Ireland is an Internet journalist and Media Missionary serving as Chief Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service. He is also an ordained minister and an award-winning local cable-TV host/producer. Michael has served with Dan Wooding and ASSIST News Service (ANS) since its beginning in 1989. He has reported for ANS from Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Israel, Jordan, China, and Russia. Follow Michael on Facebook at MichaelIrelandMediaMissionary and on Twitter at @Michael_ASSIST. You may support Michael as a media missionary at https://actintl.givingfuel.com/ireland-michael

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