The Reichenberg Fellowship is a ecumenical Christian community based in Germany. In German it is called the Offensive Junger Christen (OJC) e.V.. It belongs to the EKD and is situated in Reichelsheim in the Odenwald and in Greifswald.
The community was founded by Irmela and Horst-Klaus Hofmann as a contrast movement to the Protests of 1968.[1][2] Horst-Klaus Hofmann was executive secretary of the YMCA-Mannheim and held Christian youth meetings in the offices of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary in Darmstadt. They invited students to share their family life in their home in Bensheim, Odenwald. The family grew to an extended family[3] and subsequently to a Christian community. They moved to Reichelsheim, Odenwald and bought the Reichenberg castle.
Since 1999 the community defines itself as ecumenical.
The German Institute for Youth and Society, (Deutsches Institut für Jugend und Gesellschaft (DIJG)) is the OJC's center for study and research.[7] Director was Christl Ruth Vonholdt. Arthur A. Goldberg is one of its advisory council members.
The Reichenberg Fellowship operates mainly on donations.
Basic activities
The Fellowship exists of
Entrance of Reichenberg Castle with St. Michael's Chapel on the right
the German Institute for Youth and Society (Deutsches Institut für Jugend und Gesellschaft, abbreviated DIJG) with scientific studies and publications, the journal "Bulletin" and
Since 1993, the Reichenberg Fellowship has led international building camps in Germany, Macedonia, Croatia and Russia. The young people between the ages of 16 and 26 have had the opportunity to work with others of different nationality, confession and language.
German Institute for Youth and Society
The German Institute for Youth and Society (Deutsches Institut für Jugend und Gesellschaft) was led by Christl Ruth Vonholdt; this position is presently vacant. The institute is the apologetic branch of the Reichenberg Fellowship. It publishes its own research and translates English publications into German.
The institute cooperates with the following organisations:
The Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity (ATCSI), US
Publishing activities
The OJC publishes the journals Salzkorn. Anstiftung zum gemeinsamen Christenleben ("Grain of Salt", for friends and supporters, 4 times a year), Brennpunkt Seelsorge. Beiträge zur biblischen Lebensberatung ("Focus: Counselling" 2 times a year).
Differentielle Wirkungen der Praxis der Transzendentalen Meditation (TM) - Eine empirische Analyse pathogener Strukturen als Hilfe für die Beratung. Bensheim 1980, Selbstverlag
Translation of: D. Mitchell Whitman: Brecht das Schweigen. Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Kinder. Titel der amerikanischen Originalausgabe: Child sexual abuse. An overview and teaching manual for clergy and other Christian leaders. Neukirchen-Vluyn 1993, ISBN3-7615-4871-0
Offensive Junger Christen: Homosexualität und christliche Seelsorge. Dokumentation eines ökumenischen Symposiums. Veranstaltet vom Deutschen Institut für Jugend und Gesellschaft (OJC), Reichelsheim. Offensive Junger Christen/Aussaat Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1995, ISBN3-7615-4911-3
Christl Ruth Vonholdt (Ed.): Striving for Gender Identity: Homosexuals and Christian Counseling. A workbook for the Church. Reichelsheim 1996, Selbstverlag
Ralph Pechmann und Martin Reppenhagen (Hrsg.): Mission im Widerspruch. Religionstheologische Fragen heute und Mission morgen. Eine Veröffentlichung des Deutschen Instituts für Jugend und Gesellschaft. Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999, ISBN3-7887-1770-X
Ralph Pechmann und Martin Reppenhagen (Hrsg.): Zeugnis im Dialog der Religionen und der Postmoderne. Eine Veröffentlichung des Deutschen Instituts für Jugend und Gesellschaft. Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999, ISBN3-7887-1769-6
Ute und Frank Paul: Begleiten statt erobern. Missionare als Gäste im nordargentinischen Chaco. Neufeld-Verlag 2010
Klaus Sperr: Herzschlag. Anstöße zu den Wochensprüchen des Kirchenjahres. fontis-Verlag 2014
Ute Paul: Die Rückkehr der Zikade. Vom Leben am anderen Ende der Welt. Neufeld-Verlag 2015
↑ See: Hofmann, Irmela [Hrsg.]: Ausbruch - Abenteuer einer Großfamilie / Irmela Hofmann (Hrsg.), Gießen; Basel: Brunnen-Verl., ISBN3-7655-6329-3, 1998 with contributions to the 30 years anniversary of the Reichenberg Fellowship.
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