{"id":2450,"date":"2008-02-22T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:26:03","slug":"rueckzug-oder-aufbruch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koenig-omf-kh.org\/en\/rueckzug-oder-aufbruch\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00fcckzug oder Aufbruch? Newbigins Weckruf an unsere Gemeinden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Kontext: Ein nachdenklicher Blick zur\u00fcck. W\u00e4hrend wir in Kambodscha im kultur\u00fcberschreitenden Dienst standen, stellten wir uns oft die Frage: Wie sieht missionarisches Zeugnis eigentlich in unserer alten Heimat, in Deutschland oder der Schweiz, aus?)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J. E. Lesslie Newbigin (1909\u20131998), anglikanischer Bischof und langj\u00e4hriger Indien-Missionar, hat den missionarischen Platz der Kirche in der westlichen Gesellschaft messerscharf analysiert. Hier sind zwei seiner Zitate, die mich damals wie heute bewegen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"p-rc_5bd5c2fa69ea4f24-20\">\u201eDie moderne Gesellschaft ist eine heidnische Gesellschaft. Ihr Heidentum kommt aus der Verwerfung des Christentums und ist viel resistenter gegen\u00fcber dem Evangelium als das vorchristliche Heidentum, mit wel<sup><\/sup>chem wir im Ausland vertraut sind.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eNoch immer steht die pastorale F\u00fcrsorge bestehender Gemeinschaften im Zentrum. Bei abnehmenden Zahlen zieht man sich aus Gebieten zur\u00fcck, in denen es wenig aktive Christen gibt, um Pfarrer dort einzusetzen, wo noch genug Zahler sind. Das beschleunigt den Niedergang. Es ist das Gegenteil einer Strategie, die Mitarbeiter dorthin entsendet, wo das christliche Zeugnis am schw\u00e4chsten ist.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diese Gedanken sind mehr als nur interessant \u2013 sie fordern uns heraus. Wo wollen wir in Deutschland oder der Schweiz als Gemeinde aktiv sein? Sichern wir nur noch den Bestand, oder gehen wir dorthin, wo das Evangelium am dringendsten gebraucht wird?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Kontext: Ein nachdenklicher Blick zur\u00fcck. 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