Meissen Commission representation at the Kirchentag, Hannover 2025

12/05/2025

Members of the Meissen Commission, which oversees the relationship between the Church of England and the Evangelische Kirche Deutschland, including the Anglican Co-Chair Bishop Jonathan Gibbs and the Co-Secretary Dr Matthias Grebe, were present at the recent Kirchentag, held in Hannover from 30 April to 4 May.  A service at the Auferstehung Kirche celebrated the Meissen Agreement, concluded in 1988, and marked the end of the Co-Chairmanship of Bishop Ralf Meister, and the induction of the new German Co-Chair Bishop Nora Steen.

Church leaders at Kirchentag Jeremy Morris