This thesis describes the unique transition of the German Alliance-Mission (GAM) from an
interdenominational faith mission to a denominational church mission agency. This process
was begun and developed by the affiliation on the Federation of Free Evangelical Churches in
Germany (FFEC). The GAM was in the beginning stage an intentionally interdenominational
mission agency. Their founding fathers Carl Polnick and Fredrik Franson were against denominationalism.
Therefore they could not imagine approaching one particular denomination
to work together. However, in the 1920's the GAM became more denominationally minded
through the influence of the new mission leaders. After World War II the leaders of GAM and
FFEC began to negotiate about cooperation. In 1960 the FFEC leaders asked their individual
congregations 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 in
Germany. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Missiology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/2427 |
| Date | 30 November 2007 |
| Creators | Spohn, Elmar, 1967- |
| Contributors | Sauer, C. (Dr.), Botha, N.A. (Prof.) |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (125 leaves.) |
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