Die Allianz-Mission und der Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (BFeG): die Geschichte ihrer Beziehung und deren theologische Begründung = The German Alliance-Mission and the Federation of Free evangelical Churches in Germany: the history of their relationship and its theological rationale

摘要

This thesis describes the unique transition of the German Alliance-Mission (GAM) from aninterdenominational faith mission to a denominational church mission agency. This processwas begun and developed by the affiliation on the Federation of Free Evangelical Churches inGermany (FFEC). The GAM was in the beginning stage an intentionally interdenominationalmission agency. Their founding fathers Carl Polnick and Fredrik Franson were against denominationalism.Therefore they could not imagine approaching one particular denominationto work together. However, in the 1920's the GAM became more denominationally mindedthrough the influence of the new mission leaders. After World War II the leaders of GAM andFFEC began to negotiate about cooperation. In 1960 the FFEC leaders asked their individualcongregations to support the GAM only. In 1975, it became necessary to record an agreement.This agreement made the GAM the official world mission organisation of the FFEC inGermany.