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Ulle Hees (1941-2012), German sculptor: The yes-sayers and the no-sayers (1984), Wuppertal – Barmen: The nosayers.
Stele in memory of the 1934 Barmen Declaration/Barmer Erklärung, who founded a Protestant resistance against National Socialism and in favour of a democratic constitutional state.
Ulle Hees (1941-2012), German sculptor: The yes-sayers and the no-sayers (1984), Wuppertal – Barmen: The-yes-sayers.
Stele in memory of the 1934 Barmen Declaration/Barmer Erklärung, who founded a Protestant resistance against National Socialism and in favour of a democratic constitutional state.
Ulle Hees (1941-2012), German sculptor: The yes-sayers and the no-sayers (1984), Wuppertal – Barmen.
Stele in memory of the 1934 Barmen Declaration/Barmer Erklärung, who founded a Protestant resistance against National Socialism and in favour of a democratic constitutional state.
THE NECESSITY OF CHRISTIAN DISTINCTIVENESS
THE NECESSITY OF CHRISTIAN DISTINCTIVENESS
Conflict between biblical Christians and secularists is inevitable. In our secular society many find Christianity utterly offensive. Biblical Christianity is rejected and stigmatised because it holds fast to its beliefs whilst the surrounding culture rapidly changes. The clear message of the Bible concerning our purpose and meaning puts Christians totally at variance with the rest of society.
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1st May 1948 Passing of Johannes Lesser – Faithful Pastor, Prussian Nationalist, “Half-Jew” #otdimjh
1st May 1948 Passing of Johannes Lesser – Faithful Pastor, Prussian Nationalist, “Half-Jew” #otdimjh
Johannes was the son of Heinrich Lesser, a Jewish bookseller from Halle who converted to Christianity in 1864, three years before Johannes was born on 17 February 1867. For most of his life this did not affect his career or ministry, but when the Nazi Party came to power, he was forced to retire early, denied a pension, and died on May 1st, 1948.
Johannes studied theology in Halle and Berlin,…
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Barmen continues to remind us that there are times when we should, indeed, must, make a confession. In addition, the particular confession articulated so concisely and boldly in the Declaration is essential, if the church seeks to proclaim a message that is consistent with the very center of its faith and desires to live in ways that reflect this faith.
~Kurt Hendel, “The Historical Context of the Barmen Declaration” in Currents in Theology and Mission, vol. 36, no. 2, 136.
Neither the Synod nor the Declaration has crucial historical significance, in my opinion. The course of history was not changed by the events or the message of Barmen. Hitler's regime was not toppled. The Confessing Church often forgot the ultimate meaning of the Declaration during the course of the next decade and a half. Most Germans were not persuaded by the claims of the Declaration. The events of the years immediately following Barmen were not decisively shaped by the spirit and content of the Barmen Declaration. I do believe, however, that the Barmen Synod and the Barmen Declaration had and still have significant ecclesiastical and theological significance. Those few days mark an important moment when Christian people were willing to take a public stand inspired by and consistent with their most profound theological and faith convictions. That is worth celebrating and remembering as a challenge and encouragement to the community of faith in any particular context or at any particular moment.
Kurt Hendel, “The Historical Context of the Barmen Declaration” in Currents in Theology and Mission, vol. 36, no. 2, 136.
As I have indicated, however, there were those who refused to submit to the ideology and policies of the German Christian movement. Indeed, they opposed them, sometimes actively and sometimes passively, through their participation in the Kirchenkampf and the Confessing Church. The official beginning of the Confessing Church is usually identified with the meeting of the Confessing Synod of German Evangelical Churches in Barmen from May 29-31, 1934. It was, of course, at Barmen that the Confessing Church adopted the Barmen Declaration. The document itself was produced by Hans Asmussen, a Lutheran, and by Karl Barth, a Swiss Reformed theologian teaching in Germany at the time. Barth was, of course, the leading spirit behind the Barmen Declaration.
~Kurt Hendel, “The Historical Context of the Barmen Declaration” in Currents in Theology and Mission, vol. 36, no. 2, 134.
