Reformation and the One World Annual Bulletin 20161 Photo: Daniel Schlüter Annual Bulletin 2016 Editorial and List of Contents Dear Readers, the first year of work we have spent reports could have provided an insight For this reason and due to our Chri- here from January to December was into the foreign countries. stian belief, it is our mission to make an exciting year for us. Simultaneous- Those who decided to spend their all countries and churches with whom ly, it was also the 10th anniversary working lives in North or South Ame- we are joined in a partnership awa- since the merger of the three insti- rica, in Africa or Papua New Guinea re of the chances that come with tutions united as „Mission EineWelt“. could not rely on any quickly available changes. That’s what we are all about This anniversary stands for ten years information. They could not report di- and we hope that you will continue to of common partnership, mission and rectly on their experience or needs, on support us in the future, too. development work. Of course, the hi- dangers or moments of happiness, but story of development work and missi- they had to write letters which were With all our best wishes and blessings, on in Bavaria dates back far longer. In on their way for weeks or months on- sincerely yours, 2017, our overseas work can look back board of a ship. upon 175 years. Since 1842, however, the world has Times have changed. The distances changed considerably. Those who tra- seem to be shorter because they can velled to one of the partner churches be covered faster. Communication pa- Dr. Gabriele Hoerschelmann at that time actually had to be prepa- ths have been accelerated at a tearing Director Mission EineWelt red for a trip into the unknown. It was pace. It seems the world has moved not possible to search the Internet for closer together. sincerely yours, the latest information, or to orient But nevertheless, our task has re- oneself by reading the most current mained as important as it was before, Web-blogs of other staff members, even if we are informed more quickly no, not even the telephone or telefax on a success or on a flop these days. posts could have provided any assi- But still, there has neither been peace Hanns Hoerschelmann stance. At best, narratives or travel nor justice in our world. Director Mission EineWelt Contents News from the Director’s Office Department for Finance and Administration Already a year of Reformation ________________page 3 A year when new challenges were announced ___page 24 Department for Africa Topic: Donations Between dialogue and a break for reflection ____page 6 See chances – benefit from chances – offer chances ____________________________page 27 Department for Papua New Guinea/Pacific/East Asia New beginnings, hopes and many relationships __page 9 At a glance Telephone directory, Online and Media offers ___ Seite 29 Department for Latin America Together in favor of life ___________________ page 12 IMPRINT Published by Mission EineWelt Centrum für Partnerschaft, Entwicklung und Mission der Evangelisch- Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern (Center for Partnership, Development and Mission Department for Partnership and Parish Work of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Bavaria) Trust in Partnership _______________________page 15 P.O.Box 68 D-91561 Neuendettelsau Telephone: 09874 9 - 0 Department for Mission and Intercultural Studies E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: www.mission-einewelt.de Faith changes the world ___________________page 18 Final editing and layout: Helge Neuschwander-Lutz Cover photo: Coffee cultivation in Papua New Guinea. One of our volunteers, Department for Development and Politics Daniel Schlüter ranked second in the photo competition advertised by Mission Solidarity and Education ___________________page 21 EineWelt in 2016 2 HANNS UND DR. GABRIELE HOERSCHELMANN Photo: MEW/Neuschwander-Lutz Directors of Mission EineWelt Gabriele Hoerschelmann in an interview with the head of the Evangelical- Lutheran Church of Bavaria, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm. Already a year of Reformation About good relationships to executives in church service, events, an important trip and a memorable birthday Measuring our success as a function of The Reformation events have already kept us very busy in the past the cooperation of executives in church year because the One World had been the theme year of the Lu- service such as, for example, the Bavari- ther Decade in 2016. This has been reminding us of our duty ever an the head of the Evangelical-Lutheran since. We have been more than glad to fulfill our tasks and sup- Church of Bavaria or the President of ported by renowned company, as this report will reveal. the Bavarian Synod, the year 2016 was quite a successful one for Mission Eine- and many more guests from politics, Welt. When looking back from the point church and society. churches and their mission would sus- of view how many visitors had been at- During the panel discussion that took tain damage if they did not attempt to tracted by larger and smaller events, the place in Nuremberg’s “Heilig-Geist” increase justice in the world. “Our missi- results are equally pleasing. But with hall, Archbishop Schick emphasized on is impaired by our separation”. a critical eye on the fact by how much that the mission of the churches was to more justice and peace has come to our bring about a just, peaceful and huma- The Lutheran Church has become a world during the past year, we clearly ne world. “We are in need of recurrent movement around the world for a long see that there is still a lot of work and reformation.” Schick stated that the time. All over the world, 400 million commitment ahead of us. Theme Year heralded Our retrospect starts with a theme year in preparation of the Reformati- on Anniversary. Those who have plan- ned this Theme Year over the months until the Reformation Anniversary Photo: MEW/Neuschwander-Lutz have deliberately chosen it to end with the world-wide horizon by selecting its motto „Reformation and the One World“for 2016. In March last year, its Bavarian Opening Event took place in Nuremberg, which we had organized together with the Reformation Decade/ Luther 2017 of the Evangelical-Luthe- ran Church in Bavaria as an ecumenical Arif Tasdelen (2nd from the left), a member of the Bavarian parliament on behalf of the German So- event attended by the Archbishopf Dr. cial Democratic party (SPD) during a panel discussion with Director Hanns Hoerschelmann (in the Ludwig Schick from Bamberg, Bishop middle) and Archbishop Dr. Ludwig Schick, presented by Dr. Jürgen Bergmann (left) and Dr. Claudia of Bavaria Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm Jahnel (both from Mission EineWelt). 3 Annual Bulletin 2016 The Director’s Office people have found their spiritual home in one of the churches of the Reforma- tion. For a long time, the movement has shifted to the south of the world for a long time. This is what we see day by day. For this reason, it is important that we bid farewell to our self-centeredness and have a look at the idea of the Re- Photo: MEW/Neuschwander-Lutz formation the way it comes back to us from our partner churches. The head of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Bavaria, Bishop Bishop Hein- rich Bedford-Strohm had a critical eye on the globalization and its consequen- ces. He said the churches had to look President of the Bavarian Synod Dr. Annekathrin Preidel on her first visit to Mission EineWelt last at the world with the eyes of the peo- April to learn more about our work. The photo shows Dr. Preidel (in the middle) together with the ple in the poor countries when talking executives of our center. about globalization. Humaneness itself needed to be globalized, too. He clearly church, it is important to think about Global Learning in Bavaria.” stepped in for the fact that the conse- the theological foundation first.” Preidel Minister Ms. Merk was impressed quences of all actions always had to be thinks it is a problem to first generate and decorated Mission EineWelt for taken into consideration regarding the structures and to think about the theo- its reliable support of the Bavarian weakest in this world. Bedford-Strohm logical motivation in the second place OneWorld’s work, in particular, for the said that the – very often computer- only. On the occasion of her visit to the current support program focusing on controlled - trading at the stock ex- partnership center Mission EineWelt, she the strengthening of global learning. changes was to be “condemned”. Long emphasized that she attached great im- Dr. Norbert Stamm emphasized in his ago, it was already Luther who named portance to efficiency and networking. laudation that Mission EineWelt sup- and shamed economic injustice ac- After the meeting with the executive ported education within Germany. „The cording to Bedford-Strohm. Thus, it board, Preidel briefly introduced herself point was not to invest as much money was Bedford-Strohm’s conviction that to the staff in the conference center as possible in partnership projects but economic trading must serve the weak and embarked on a tour through the to change our local structures in order and he ended his statement with the library, exhibition and OneWorld Shop. to support global learning and under- sentence: “Those who are religious also standing of the background of our One have to be political.” Worthy of a prize award World.” First visit to Mission EineWelt Every two years, the Free State of Ba- Lila Nacht (Purple Night – varia and “Eine Welt Netzwerk Bayern name of the festival), Open Some four weeks later, the President e.V.” awards the Bavarian OneWorld of the Bavarian Synod, Dr.