Bishop Stäblein: Church against agitation and right attacks in Jüterbog!

Bishop Stäblein: Church against agitation and right attacks in Jüterbog!

Jüterbog, Deutschland - The bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia, Christian Stäblein, has practiced sharp criticism of the Jüterboger Mayor Arne Raue (AfD) in a current statement. According to Stäblein, the verbal attacks on the clergymen of the Evangelical parish of St. Nikolai are "unbearable" in a YouTube video. In this clip, Raue accuses the pastor of having covered crimes of her "newcomer protégés" and accuses another pastor to aggravate and split "all day". These statements are part of a larger agitation campaign that should not be tolerated, because it is essential that "rushing our coexistence", says Stäblein.
Raue only joined the AfD a few weeks ago and thus Brandenburg's first full-time AfD mayor. In his argument, he not only attacks the pastor, but also the movement "Grandma's against Right" and members of the Greens and the SPD. Raue described his contribution as private and thus justified his attacks.
Stäblein thanked the clergymen for their "very good service" and emphasized that the regional church supported them in their commitment. A spokesman for the regional church added that Raue attacked the pastor in a "agitation".

right -wing extremism in Brandenburg

Brandenburg's Protestant parishes are increasingly targeted by right -wing groups, which is shown in numerous incidents. A particularly worrying example occurred last June when strangers threw a fire set against the bell tower of the Evangelical Church in Spremberg. This happened after the demonstration of a film about a lesbian love in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, which the parish had organized. Fortunately, nobody was harmed because people nearby had stayed nearby at the time of the crime. Pastor Lukas Pellio from the local parish is actively committed to right -wing extremism and was recently exposed to threats. The incident caused Pellio to file a criminal complaint and determined the police state security.
Overall, there is a worrying trend: Evangelical parishes, although only around 335,000 of the 2.5 million Brandenburgers are inhabited, are often in the crosshairs of extremist attacks. The number of its members continuously decreases, which also affects the financial situation of the churches. Nevertheless, the EKBO provides itself to hire helpers for the refugee service and to compete against the increasing violence from right

commitment to right

Protestant pastors explain that their Christian faith motivates them to get involved against the right. The pastor of Niedergörsdorf, Ines Fürstenau-Ellerbrock, said: "If I take the gospel seriously, I can't help but be against the right." Her colleague Christiane Schulz from Neuruppin emphasized that Protestantism and the non -profit work of the Church are not in line with the inhuman ideals of the right. Both pastors actively fight against folk settlers and other right -wing extremists in their communities.
in Rutenberg, northwest of Brandenburg, Pastor Christiane Richter is committed to the threats of the so -called Reich Citizens' Movement. Here, too, you see the fight against right -wing extremists committed. The local alliance of Democracy has already organized the first events to minimize the influence of such groups.