"The International Society for the Research and Study of Diaconia and Christian Social Practice" (REDI)
Publication of works done on UEM Ageing.

Venue: Norway/Oslo

Target group: Members of REDI

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: all members of REDI - upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Godwin Ampony/Matthias Börner

Responsible department UEM: Germany (Diaconia)

To develop transformational leadership and to increase capacity on effective communication.

Venue: Indonesia/Malang

Target group: Women and youth

Region(s): All regions

Participation: upon invitation

Person in charge: Petrus Sugito

Responsible department UEM: Asia

Joint reflection and evaluation.

Venue: Germany/Wuppertal

Target group: South-North volunteers UEM and NM

Region(s): Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person in charge: Lisa Bergmann

Responsible department UEM: Training and Empowerment

First Section of the 2-year International MA Study Program run together with five cooperating universities from three continents for students from all over the world. The program aims for academic capacity building on Diaconic Manangement.

Venue: virtual (section 1)

Target group: K5 students

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon academic admission and proof of a scholarship - upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Godwin Ampony / Matthias Börner

Responsible department UEM: Germany (Diaconia)

Launching International Handbook on Ecumenical Diakonia in cooperation with Institut für Diakoniewissenschaft und DiakonieManagement (IDM) and Brot für die Welt (BfdW)

Venue: online (Zoom-Link): https://unitedinmission-org.zoom.us/j/61794307380?pwd=d3FFU0dxcGN6SGlNYjNIYmFUK2J6UT09

Target group: experts on Diaconia/Universities

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: all interested

Person in charge: Godwin Ampony

Responsible department UEM: Germany (Diaconia)

Policy paper for the WCC General Assembly.

Venue: Germany/Wuppertal

Target group: Experts

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Jochen Motte, Andar Parlindungan

Responsible department(s) UEM: JPIC / Training and Empowerment

Building competence in Fundraising.

Venue: Rwanda

Target group: Church leaders and treasurers

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Timo Pauler, Ernest Kadiva

Responsible department(s) UEM: Finance and Administration/Africa (Regional Office)

Orientation and introduction to the German context for UEM coworkers.

Venue: Germany/Wuppertal

Target group: UEM exchange workers

Region(s): Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person in charge: Lusungu Mbilinyi

Responsible department(s) UEM: Germany / Finance and Administration (Personnel)

Academic discourse on Global Learning

Venue: Germany/Bamberg

Target group: Students

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Angelika Veddeler, Andar Parlindungan

Responsible department UEM: Germany, Training and Empowerment

Building network and exchange.

Venue: Indonesia
Target group: Leaders of academic institutions
Regions: Asia, Africa, Germany
Participation: upon invitation
Person(s) in charge: Andar Parlindungan, Dyah Krismawati
Responsible department UEM: Training & Empowerment, Asia, Africa

Academic perspectives on the value of the "Emder Synode"

If you were to organize a new church order – how do you think it should work? How would you organize its structures? Its ministries? Its functions?

These important and pressing questions forced themselves unto the fathers of the so-called Synod of Emden 450 years ago. And: They are still pressing today. Nowadays, it is not about constructing a new church, but rather (re-)organizing the existing one. The Emder Synod is seen as the first big meeting of the reformed branch of Christianity in Germany and took place in the city of Emden at the North Sea. An exiled and persecuted Church came together to discuss major issues of its polity thereby balancing the practical implications of the reformed faith. Some major and still challenging thoughts of the members of the synod were:

• That no community or parish may claim superiority over another.

• That not only the ordained ministers or the ‘well-payed experts’ are allowed – and just as much expected – to involve themselves in the active business of the Christian community, but every member of the church shares in the responsibility for the well-being of the church.

These ideals of the Emder synod still serve as an urgent reminder of the radical implications of the Gospel for the Christian community. The anniversary of this historical event serves as occasion for an international study day around the topic 'How to build a (reformed) church?’

Organization
The day is organized in cooperation between the United Evangelical Mission (UEM) and the Kirchliche Hochschule/Protestant University Wuppertal/Bethel and will take place via Zoom. We will listen to short presentations of scholars and church leaders from different parts of the world. They are going to discuss the ecclesiastical questions and ideals of the fathers of Emden for the broader history of the church and Christian communities of the present worldwide. Afterwards, there will be time for discussions in smaller groups in which we can discuss the heard and share own experiences.

Speakers

Pdt. Dr Handi Hadiwitanto, Universtias Kristen Duta Wacana and Chairperson of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI), Indonesia
Prof. L. J. Modise, University of South Africa and Moderator Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA), South Africa
PD Dr Margit Ernst-Habib, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany

Programme flyer here

Online registration here

Registration deadline: 29 October, 2021

To raise awareness and to increase capacity on investigation/fact finding, strategies for networking and lobbying.

Venue: Indonesia/Jakarta

Target group: Advocacy Officers

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: all interested

Person(s) in charge: Irma Riana Simanjuntak, Petrus Sugito, Zakaria Mnkai

Responsible department UEM: Asia

Networking and peer group consultation and further training.

Venue: Philippines/Manila

Target group: Alumni of IMADM

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Matthias Börner, Godwin Ampony

Responsible department UEM: Germany (Diaconia)

To increase awareness and community commitment to combat HIV and AIDS is promoted and maintained to member churches as needed.

Venue: All Members

Target group: HIV/AIDS Commission

Region(s): Asia

Participation: all interested

Person in charge: Petrus Sugito

Responsible department UEM: Asia

To support interfaith youth project on overcoming discrimination, to develop sustainable of the project and to promote network on overcoming discrimination.

Venue: Indonesia/Pematangsiantar

Target group: Youth

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: all interested

Person(s) in charge: Irma Riana Simanjuntak, Jean-Bosco Kambale Kahongya

Responsible department UEM: Asia

To create awareness raising of human rights, promote talents of people with different abilities, improve capacity on education or training methods and to develop new forms of partnership in this area.

Venue: Indonesia / Sidikalang

Target group: Diaconic Institutions

Region(s): Indonesian members

Participation: all interested

Person in charge: Petrus Sugito

Responsible department UEM: Asia

Increase knowledge for health professions in the context of culture and diversity.

Venue: Germany/Bochum

Target group: Students of Social Work, Public Health, Nursing or comparable studies

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: Upon academic admission and proof of a scholarship

Person in charge: Rhoda Gregorio

Responsible department UEM: Germany (Diaconia)

Competence building on new forms of international worship.

Venue: online
Target group: Pastors and church musicians
Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Jörg Spitzer
Responsible department UEM: Germany, Evangelisation

Building up an international Youth Network.

Venue: online
Target group: Teachers
Region(s):
Participation:
Person(s) in charge: Julian Elf
Responsible department UEM: Germany

Competence building.

Venue:
Target group: Coworkers in exchange programs
Region(s):
Participation: upon invitation
Person(s) in charge: Frauke Bürgers
Responsible department UEM: Germany

Diversity in Church education.

Venue: online
Target group: working group / all members Germany
Region(s): Germany
Participation:
Person(s) in charge: Sarah Vecera
Responsible department UEM: Germany

Promoting JPIC, capacity building and promote interfaith action .

Venue: Africa
Target group: Youth leaders
Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Jean-Bosco Kambale Kahongya, Zakaria Mnkai
Responsible department UEM: Africa (Regional Office)

Human resources development and global learning in ecumenical perspective .

Venue: Africa
Target group: UEM Church leaders
Region(s):
Participation:
Person(s) in charge: Ernest Kadiva
Responsible department UEM: Training & Empowerment, Africa (Regional Office)

Sensitize teachers for global school partnership issues.

Venue: online
Target group: Teachers
Region(s): Germany
Participation:
Person(s) in charge: Julian Elf
Responsible department UEM: Germany

Capacity Building in Project Management.

Venue: Africa (francophone)
Target group: Project Officers and related professions
Region(s): Africa
Participation: upon invitation
Person(s) in charge:
Responsible department UEM: Africa, Finance & Administration

Capacity Building in Project Management.

Venue: Africa (anglophone)
Target group: Project Officers and related professions
Region(s): Africa
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge:
Responsible department UEM: Africa, Finance & Administration

Capacity Building in Project Management.

Venue: Germany
Target group: Project Officers and related professions
Region(s): Africa
Participation: upon invitation
Person(s) in charge:
Responsible department UEM: Africa, Finance & Administration

Sharpen concepts of evangelism in multireligious settings.

Venue: to be determined
Target group: three invited experts, one per region
Region(s):
Participation:
Person(s) in charge: Claudia Währisch-Oblau
Responsible department UEM: Evangelism

To equip member churches in handling post-disaster management in disaster-prone communities/areas; to help building of capacity diaconia department/institution on sustainable diaconia management to member churches as needed..

Venue: all members
Target group: all interested
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To facilitate the youth engage in meaningful worship and provide space to develop their own forms of worship to member churches as needed.

Venue: all members
Target group: Youth and EPC
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To increase awareness on gender justice and overcoming violence; to member churches as needed.

Venue: all members
Target group: all interested
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Irma Riana Simanjuntak, Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To develop a trilateral partnership program and topic oriented partnerships (disaster management, combatting extremism, human trafficking, economic empowerment/ self-reliance) and partnership between special groups (organic farmer, teachers, disaster managers) to member churches as needed.

Venue: all members
Target group: Partnership officers
Region(s): Asia
Participation: upon invitation
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To promote climate spirituality (music /song books, liturgies, theological curricula, youth climate activities) to member churches as needed.

Venue: all members
Target group: JPIC officers
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Irma Riana Simanjuntak, Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To assist members which have legal cases and to build network on overcoming legal cases.

Venue: all members
Target group: JPIC officers
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Irma Riana Simanjuntak
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To mainstream spirit of entrepreneurship and to train skill on implementing of entrepreneurship..

Venue: all members
Target group: Entrepreneurs
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To increase capacity on pastoral-counselling on handling trauma healing and deliverance ministry.

Venue:
Target group: all interested
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To train on contextual evangelism and church ministry by using Social and Virtual Media.

Venue:
Target group: all interested / EPC
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To raise the awareness, enhance interfaith openness and increase interfaith capability to member churches as needed.

Venue:
Target group: all interested
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To help preachers build the capacity on deliver attractive, biblical and prophetic preaching. To member churches as needed.

Venue:
Target group: Pastors, Evangelists, Vicars
Region(s): Asia
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To promote and to develop new forms of partnership as an example of professional partnership on diaconia (people with other abilities).

Venue:
Target group: Diaconic institutions
Region(s): Asia
Participation: upon invitation
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

To increase capacity of partnership officer on effective communication and PME.

Venue:
Target group: Partnership officers
Region(s): Asia
Participation: upon invitation
Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito
Responsible department UEM: Asia

Strengthening skills and building network of women.

Venue: South Africa
Target group: Women in leadership positions
Region(s):
Participation:
Person(s) in charge: Irene Girsang
Responsible department UEM: Training & Empowerment

Strengthen understanding of development policy, global injustice, promote ways to act.

Venue: Germany/Wuppertal
Target group: North-South and South-North volunteers
Region(s):
Participation: upon invitation
Person(s) in charge: Lisa Bergmann, David Kobernick
Responsible department UEM: Training & Empowerment

Awareness on racism and church.

Venue: Germany/online
Target group:
Region(s): Germany
Participation: all interested
Person(s) in charge: Sarah Vecera
Responsible department UEM: Germany

Postponed to 2022 due to Corona!

GLEP in theological studies

Venue: Germany/KiHo Wuppertal

Target group: Theological students from all member churches

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: Upon invitation

Person in charge: Claudia Währisch-Oblau/Andar Parlindungan

Responsible department UEM: Evangelism/Training and Empowerment

Developing new forms of partnerships.

Venue: Germany/Wuppertal

Target group: activists of partnership work

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Partnership officers

Responsible department UEM: Gensec (Partnerships)

Strengthening skills and building network of church leaders.

Venue: Indonesia/Palangkaraya

Target group: Church leaders

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Andar Parlindungan, Frauke Bürgers

Responsible department UEM: Training and Empowerment

To intensify support on women empowerment in the form of new trends on income generating and marketing strategies, and starting business.

Venue: Tanzania

Target group: Women entrepreneurs

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Irene Girsang, Petrus Sugito, Zakaria Mnkai

Responsible department UEM: Training and Empowerment

Interreligious competence building - postponed to 2022

Venue: online

Target group: Students

Region(s): Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person in charge: Lusungo Mbilinyi

Responsible department UEM: Germany

Promote women's rights and strengthen understanding of other cultures and contexts.

Venue: Africa

Target group: Theology students in African Region

Region(s): Africa

Participation: all interested

Person in charge: Andar Parlindungan

Responsible department UEM: Training and Empowerment

To exchange information and actual developments.

Venue: Germany/Kaub am Rhein

Target group: HKBP and their partners

Region(s): Asia, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Petrus Sugito, Kristina Neubauer, Frauke Bürgers

Responsible department UEM: Gensec (Partnerships)

Academic cooperation and qualification.

Venue: Ruhr University Bochum

Target group: Students

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person(s) in charge: Angelika Veddeler, Andar Parlindungan

Responsible department UEM: Germany / Training and Empowerment

Exchange and networking between representatives of indigenous groups in Africa, Asia and Germany.

Venue: Botswana

Target group: Representatives of indigenous groups

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: all interested

Person in charge: Kristina Neubauer

Responsible department UEM: Gensec (Partnerships)

Training on how to deal with extremism, preparation fo the UEM General Assembly 2021

Venue: Germany/Essen

Target group: Young adults

Region(s): Asia, Africa, Germany

Participation: upon invitation

Person in charge: Julian Elf

Responsible department UEM: Germany