4 days of friendship, consolidation, and the challenge to communicate Although the four keynote speakers at Danish Church Days 2013 all came from abroad, the 4-day event in Aalborg was characterised more by a consolidation of Danish church life than seeing the wider perspective. This is perhaps understandable in the topsy-turvy religious world of present-day Denmark with falling membership and [...]

LWF President Younan Speaks at Danish Church Days AALBORG, Denmark/GENEVA, 15 May 2013 (LWI) – At the 2013 Danish Church Days, Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, President of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), spoke of his hope for peaceful coexistence of religions and nations in Middle East.

Mejdal parish council have chosen their new pastor and Pastor Mette Villads Christensen, who sued the Ministry of Church Affairs after being sacked from her parish in North Jutland, has won her case.

Research and communication on the priority list of the ministry, the clergy, and the laity Why are nearly 80% of the population paid-up members of the Danish Lutheran Church? Why do so few of them go to church on Sunday, and yet support baptism and confirmation, fill churches at Christmas, and have a general respect for the church and its [...]

The long tradition of hymn-writing continues with outstanding new hymns – now in English translation Christianity in Denmark has been learned as much through hymns as through prayers and sermons. Until a couple of generations ago, learning hymn-verses was part and parcel of every Sunday school and Confirmation class. And many pastors still use it as a way of linking [...]

Every three years Ascension Day is celebrated with a difference – 5,000 people come together for fellowship and exchange and to answer the question posed by this year’s theme: ‘Man, where are you?’

No sooner has the diocese of Funen acquired a new bishop than Haderslev looks to do the same When Bishop of Haderslev Niels Henrik Arendt retires in March after 13 years on? the post, five candidates have thrown their hat into the ring to become his successor. With a staff of 14 the new bishop will administer a diocese of [...]

No room at the church, so medieval and modern churches become neighbours in new surroundings Late last month a brand new church opened in Vallensbaek in south-west Copenhagen – because the old church wasn’t big enough to house its parishioners. The 800-year-old church had room for only 90 worshippers, and it now has a partner church three times as big [...]

Meeting of bishops, imams, pastors and other religious leaders to discuss the unforeseen consequences of the 1849 constitution

A cross in a circle surrounded by Christian symbols is the new identity-marker On the First Sunday in Advent a new logo for The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark was made public. Prepared and produced by Jacob Jensen Design from Hejlskov, Jutland, it features a circle representing a font enclosing a stylised ’Dagmar Cross’, with six Christian symbols in a [...]