The present dissertation, Church in Financial Transition, Fundraising for Protestant Congregations , deals with a new area for the German Evangelical Churches: Fundraising, which constitutes a part of the churches financial management.

• Applicant: Privatdozent Dr. Frank Weyen
• Subject Area: Protestant Theology
• Term: Funded in 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 229295130

The analysis of protestant churches in the USA (United Church of Christ), in France (Église Réformée de France) and in the Netherlands (Protestandse Kerk in Nederland) shows that fundraising is the most important way to acquire money for churches. As an umbrella organization, the EKD wants to motivate German church congregations to acquire 20 % of their annual revenues by fundraising to compensate the reduction of revenues from church tax by the year 2030.

• DFG Programme: Publication Grants