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The Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Mennonitengemeinden (AdM) (Task Force of the German Mennonite Churches) is an organization that sought ways to increase cooperation among German Mennonites, specifically the Verband deutscher Mennonitengemeinden and the Vereinigung der deutschen Mennonitengemeinden. Already in 1934 representatives of the Mennonite youth had declared "We, the young Mennonites, are at a loss to understand how our responsible brethren have been unable to come to a mutual understanding. We pray to the Lord for clarity, courage, and obedience in the decisions that lie ahead." In the Mennonitisches Jahrbuch 1976, Hans-Adolf Hertzler wrote: "There should be possibilities to meet each other, favorable moments for talking and thinking together." These ideas did not remain unnoticed. In 1980, Paul Schwan, from Stuttgart, suggested that an institution responsible for the interests of all Mennonites be established. The first contacts between representatives of the "Verband" and " Vereinigung " took place 27 May 1981; at a second meeting in Neuwied a year later (4-6 June 1982), Bernd Dyck submitted new ideas for a renewed approach. The most important part of his remarks was the assertion that "the witness of brotherly love that is lived out counts more than the best confession of faith. Without active brotherly love we are liars and hypocrites. "

Two inter-Mennonite meetings of German Mennonites are evidence of successful attempts for further approach. One took place in 1983 at Espelkamp under the theme, "There is Only One Lord, but We are Sisters and Brothers." At the other one, in 1985 at Neuwied, the topic was "Live Differently." The merger of two periodicals, Gemeinde Unterwegs (Verband), and the Mennonitische Blätter (Vereinigung) followed: Brücke - Mennonitisches Gemeindeblatt (Bridge) has been published since January 1985.

Regular meetings between seven representatives each of the Verband and the Vereinigung were held after 1982. The AdM was incorporated in June 1986. It served not only the purpose of cooperation between the Verband and the Vereinigung, but also among other Mennonite groups of the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin, aiming toward the establishment of a comprehensive conference of German Mennonite churches.

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur geistlichen Unterstützung in Mennonitengemeinden, a task force for the spiritual support in resettler (Umsiedler) churches, has withdrawn from the AdM. This is one of the reasons for the resignation of Gerhard Hildebrand one of the AdM's two chairpersons in April 1980. Adolf Schnebele, president of the Verband, and Heinold Fast, president of the Vereinigung, were chairpersons of the AdM in the late 1980s.

In 1990 the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland (AMG) was founded. It included three regional conferences with 52 congregations: Vereinigung der Deutschen Mennonitengemeinden (VDM) in the North, the <em>Arbeitsgemeinschaft Südwestdeutscher Mennonitengemeinden</em> (ASM) in the Southwest and the Verband deutscher Mennoniten-Gemeinden (VdM) in the South.

In 2010 the following congregations were members of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland (AMG):

City	Congregation
Altleiningen	Mennonitengemeinde Altleiningen
Augsburg	Mennonitengemeinde Augsburg
Backnang	Mennonitengemeinde Backnang
Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf	Mennonitengemeinde/Ev. Freikirche Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf
Bad Königshofen	Mennonitengemeinde Bad Königshofen
Bammental	Mennonitengemeinde Heidelberg-Bammental
Berlin	Berliner Mennonitengemeinde
Bielefeld	Mennoniten-Kirchengemeinde Bielefeld-Sennestadt
Bremen	Mennonitengemeinden Bremen
Deutschhof	Mennonitengemeinde Deutschhof
Emden	Mennonitengemeinden Emden
Enkenbach-Alsenborn	Mennonitengemeinde Enkenbach
Frankfurt	Mennoniten-Gemeinde Frankfurt
Freiburg	Mennonitengemeinde Freiburg im Breisgau
Friedelsheim	Mennonitengemeinde Friedelsheim
Friedrichstadt	Mennonitengemeinden Friedrichstadt an der Eider
Göttingen	Mennonitengemeinde Göttingen
Gronau	Mennonitengemeinde Gronau/Westfalen
Halle	Freie evangelisch-menonitische Gemeinde Halle
Hamburg	Mennonitengemeinde zu Hamburg und Altona
Hannover	Mennonitengemeinde Hannover
Hasselbach	Mennonitengemeinde Hasselbach
Ibersheim	Mennonitengemeinde Worms-Ibersheim
Ingolstadt	Evang. Freikirche Mennonitengemeinde Ingolstadt
Kaiserslautern	Evangelische Freikirche im Elim Zentrum Kaiserslautern
Karlsruhe-Durlach	Mennonitengemeinde Karlsruhe-Thomashof
Katzweiler	Mennonitengemeinde Katzweiler-Kühbörncheshof
Kohlhof	Mennonitengemeinde Limburgerhof-Kohlhof
Krefeld	Mennonitengemeinde Krefeld
Landau a.d. Isar	Evang. Freikirche Mennonitengemeinde Landau a.d. Isar
Leer-Oldenburg	Mennonitengemeinden Leer-Oldenburg
Lübeck	Mennoniten-Gemeinde zu Lübeck
Ludwigshafen	Mennonitengemeinde Frankental-Eppstein
Ludwigshafen	Mennonitengemeinde Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Meßkirch	Mennonitengemeinde Messkirch
Möckmühl	Evang. Freikirche Möckmühl (Mennonitengemeinde)
Monsheim	Mennonitengemeinde Monsheim
München	Mennonitengemeinde Evang. Freikirche München
Neudorferhof	Mennonitengemeinde Lettweiler-Neudorferhof
Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße	Mennonitengemeinde Branchweilerhof
Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße	Missionsgemeinde Neustadt
Neuwied	Evangelische Mennonitengemeinde Neuwied
Norden	Mennonitengemeinden Norden
Nürnberg	Mennonitengemeinde Nürnberg-Erlangen
Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach	Mennonitengemeinde, ev. Freikirche Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach/Neumühle
Obersülzen	Mennonitengemeinde Obersülzen/Pfalz
Owingen	Ev. Freikirche, Mennonitengemeinde Owingen
Pfullendorf	Mennonitengemeinde Pfullendorf
Regensburg	Mennonitengemeinde Regensburg
Reutlingen	Mennonitengemeinde Reutlingen
Schwandorf	Evangelische Freikirche Schwandorf
Sembach	Mennonitengemeinde Sembach
Sinsheim	Mennonitengemeinde Sinsheim
Stuttgart	Mennonitengemeinde Stuttgart
Walzbachtal-Wössingen	Mennonitengemeinde Wössingen, Ev. Freikirche
Weierhof	Mennonitengemeinde Weierhof
Würzburg	Mennonitengemeinde Würzburg
Zweibrücken	Mennonitengemeinde Zweibrücken

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Author(s)	Oskar Wedel
Date Published	June 2010

Jahrbuch (1984-1986)

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Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland K.d.ö.R.

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Wedel, Oskar. "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland (AMG)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2010. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Arbeitsgemeinschaft_Mennonitischer_Gemeinden_in_Deutschland_(AMG)&oldid=74900.

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Wedel, Oskar. (June 2010). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland (AMG). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Arbeitsgemeinschaft_Mennonitischer_Gemeinden_in_Deutschland_(AMG)&oldid=74900.

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- The<em> Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Mennonitengemeinden</em> (AdM) (Task Force of the German Mennonite Churches) is an organization that sought ways to increase cooperation among German Mennonites, specifically the [[Verband deutscher Mennonitengemeinden (Federation of Mennonite Churches)|Verband deutscher Mennonitengemeinden]] and the [[Vereinigung der deutschen Mennonitengemeinden (Union of German Mennonite Congregations)|Vereinigung der deutschen Mennonitengemeinden]]. Already in 1934 representatives of the Mennonite youth had declared "We, the young Mennonites, are at a loss to understand how our responsible brethren have been unable to come to a mutual understanding. We pray to the Lord for clarity, courage, and obedience in the decisions that lie ahead." In the <em> Mennonitisches Jahrbuch 1976, </em>Hans-Adolf Hertzler wrote: "There should be possibilities to meet each other, favorable moments for talking and thinking together." These ideas did not remain unnoticed. In 1980, Paul Schwan, from Stuttgart, suggested that an institution responsible for the interests of all Mennonites be established. The first contacts between representatives of the <em> "Verband" </em>and "<em> Vereinigung " </em>took place 27 May 1981; at a second meeting in [[Neuwied (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neuwied]] a year later (4-6 June 1982), Bernd Dyck submitted new ideas for a renewed approach. The most important part of his remarks was the assertion that "the witness of brotherly love that is lived out counts more than the best confession of faith. Without active brotherly love we are liars and hypocrites. "
+The<em> Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Mennonitengemeinden</em> (AdM) (Task Force of the German Mennonite Churches) is an organization that sought ways to increase cooperation among German Mennonites, specifically the [[Verband deutscher Mennonitengemeinden (Federation of Mennonite Churches)|Verband deutscher Mennonitengemeinden]] and the [[Vereinigung der deutschen Mennonitengemeinden (Union of German Mennonite Congregations)|Vereinigung der deutschen Mennonitengemeinden]]. Already in 1934 representatives of the Mennonite youth had declared "We, the young Mennonites, are at a loss to understand how our responsible brethren have been unable to come to a mutual understanding. We pray to the Lord for clarity, courage, and obedience in the decisions that lie ahead." In the <em> Mennonitisches Jahrbuch 1976, </em>Hans-Adolf Hertzler wrote: "There should be possibilities to meet each other, favorable moments for talking and thinking together." These ideas did not remain unnoticed. In 1980, Paul Schwan, from Stuttgart, suggested that an institution responsible for the interests of all Mennonites be established. The first contacts between representatives of the <em> "Verband" </em>and "<em> Vereinigung " </em>took place 27 May 1981; at a second meeting in [[Neuwied (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neuwied]] a year later (4-6 June 1982), Bernd Dyck submitted new ideas for a renewed approach. The most important part of his remarks was the assertion that "the witness of brotherly love that is lived out counts more than the best confession of faith. Without active brotherly love we are liars and hypocrites. "
 Two inter-Mennonite meetings of German Mennonites are evidence of successful attempts for further approach. One took place in 1983 at Espelkamp under the theme, "There is Only One Lord, but We are Sisters and Brothers." At the other one, in 1985 at [[Neuwied (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neuwied]], the topic was "Live Differently." The merger of two periodicals, <em> Gemeinde Unterwegs </em>(Verband), and the <em> Mennonitische Blätter </em>(Vereinigung) followed: <em> Brücke - Mennonitisches Gemeindeblatt (Bridge) </em>has been published since January 1985.
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 <div align="center"> <table align="center" class="vertical listing">  <tr> <th>City</th> <th>Congregation</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Altleiningen</td> <td>[[Altleiningen/Pfalz Mennonitengemeinden (Altleiningen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Mennonitengemeinde Altleiningen]]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Augsburg</td> <td>[[Augsburg Mennonite Church (Augsburg, Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Mennonitengemeinde Augsburg]]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Backnang (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Backnang]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Backnang</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde/Ev. Freikirche Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bad Königshofen</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Bad Königshofen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bammental</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Heidelberg-Bammental</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Berlin (Germany)|Berlin]]</td> <td>Berliner Mennonitengemeinde</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Bielefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Bielefeld]]</td> <td>Mennoniten-Kirchengemeinde Bielefeld-Sennestadt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Germany)|Bremen]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinden Bremen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Deutschhof (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Deutschhof]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Deutschhof</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Emden (Niedersachsen, Germany)|Emden]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinden Emden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Enkenbach (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Enkenbach]]-Alsenborn</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Enkenbach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Frankfurt am Main (Hesse, Germany)|Frankfurt]]</td> <td>Mennoniten-Gemeinde Frankfurt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Freiburg</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Freiburg im Breisgau</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Friedelsheim]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Friedelsheim</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Friedrichstadt (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)|Friedrichstadt]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinden Friedrichstadt an der Eider</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Göttingen (Niedersachsen, Germany)|Göttingen]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Göttingen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gronau</td> <td>[[Gronau Mennonite Church (Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Mennonitengemeinde Gronau/Westfalen]]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Halle</td> <td>Freie evangelisch-menonitische Gemeinde Halle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hamburg</td> <td>[[Hamburg-Altona Mennonite Church (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany)|Mennonitengemeinde zu Hamburg und Altona]]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Hannover (Niedersachsen, Germany)|Hannover]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Hannover</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Hasselbach (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Hasselbach]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Hasselbach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Ibersheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Ibersheim]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Worms-Ibersheim</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Ingolstadt (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Ingolstadt]]</td> <td>Evang. Freikirche Mennonitengemeinde Ingolstadt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Kaiserslautern (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Kaiserslautern]]</td> <td>Evangelische Freikirche im Elim Zentrum Kaiserslautern</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) |Karlsruhe]]-Durlach</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Karlsruhe-Thomashof</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Katzweiler</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Katzweiler-Kühbörncheshof</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Kohlhof (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Kohlhof]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Limburgerhof-Kohlhof</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Krefeld</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Landau (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Landau a.d. Isar]]</td> <td>Evang. Freikirche Mennonitengemeinde Landau a.d. Isar</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Leer (Niedersachsen, Germany)|Leer]]-Oldenburg</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinden Leer-Oldenburg</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)|Lübeck]]</td> <td>Mennoniten-Gemeinde zu Lübeck</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Ludwigshafen (Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany)|Ludwigshafen]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Frankental-Eppstein</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Ludwigshafen (Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany)|Ludwigshafen]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Ludwigshafen am Rhein</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Meßkirch</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Messkirch</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Möckmühl (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Möckmühl]]</td> <td>Evang. Freikirche Möckmühl (Mennonitengemeinde)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Monsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Monsheim]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Monsheim</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Munich (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|München]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Evang. Freikirche München</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Neudorferhof (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neudorferhof]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Lettweiler-Neudorferhof</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Branchweilerhof</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße]]</td> <td>Missionsgemeinde Neustadt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Neuwied (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neuwied]]</td> <td>Evangelische Mennonitengemeinde Neuwied</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Norden (Ostfriesland, Germany)|Norden]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinden Norden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Nürnberg (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Nürnberg]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Nürnberg-Erlangen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde, ev. Freikirche Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach/Neumühle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Obersülzen (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Obersülzen]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Obersülzen/Pfalz</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Owingen</td> <td>Ev. Freikirche, Mennonitengemeinde Owingen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pfullendorf</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Pfullendorf</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Regensburg (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Regensburg]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Regensburg</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Reutlingen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Reutlingen]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Reutlingen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Schwandorf </td> <td>Evangelische Freikirche Schwandorf </td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Sembach (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Sembach]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Sembach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sinsheim</td> <td>[[Sinsheim Mennonite Church (Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Mennonitengemeinde Sinsheim]]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stuttgart</td> <td>[[Stuttgart Mennonite Church (Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Mennonitengemeinde Stuttgart]]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Walzbachtal-Wössingen</td> <td>[[Wössingen Mennonite Church (Walzbachtal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Mennonitengemeinde Wössingen, Ev. Freikirche]]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Weierhof (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Weierhof]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Weierhof</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Würzburg (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Würzburg]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Würzburg</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Zweibrücken (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Zweibrücken]]</td> <td>Mennonitengemeinde Zweibrücken</td> </tr>  </table> </div> See also: [[Konferenz süddeutscher Mennonitengemeinden|Konferenz süddeutscher Mennonitengemeinden]]
 = Bibliography =
 <em>Jahrbuch</em> (1984-1986)
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 [http://www.mennoniten.de/index.php Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland K.d.ö.R.]
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