Self-Depictions [by the Group] on Recruiting Flyers
Here are examples demonstrating how the group presents itself in its recruiting flyers. These are generally posted in public places. Mobile numbers, email addresses, and websites are given as contact opportunities [listed] on tags to be ripped off at the bottom of the page. Landlines or addresses (which would enable a person to check out the matter from a distance before [making contact]) are not given. Even the website of the group is not listed on all flyers.
Posted in 2001 in the area of the Technical University of Dresden:
Is there anybody here who’s looking for God?
We’d like to talk with you!
Meeting point: at the Technical University of Dresden on the lawn between the Willer Building and the Physics Building.
Time: Thursday, June 14, 2001, at 2:30 PM.
Or call Birgit and Damian: 0177/7502385
(In 2002 on a recruiting flyer with almost identical wording, an email address was listed: roteiche@gmx.de)
Are you searching …
for more than this world can offer you?
We’d like to speak with you!
(We are Christians without any structure or organization, who want to live in this world according to the example of Jesus.)
Meeting place: on the steps in front of the Hygiene Museum
Time: Monday, June 25, 2001, 7:00 PM
Or call: 0179/1509427 (Christiane)
email: lebenteilen@gmx.de
www.christians.what.cc
Posted in April 2003 in the area of the Technical University of Dresden:
Freedom is more than continuallychasing from one empty pursuit to another.
Jesus said: “If the Son make you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36)
We are friends who share this experience, and therefore our entire life, with each other – without structure, without leaders.
Birgit, Timo, Andrea, …
Tel.: 0177/8066570
www.christen-folgen-jesus.de
roteiche@gmx.de
Posted in August 2003 in the area of the Technical University of Dresden:
If life is ETERNAL,
what are you hurrying for?
We are Christians who want to get to know other people with whom we can search together for answers to honest questions.
We are not an official religious society or any other kind of organisation. We simply gather daily to share our lives and faith as the first Christians did. Their life and teaching is our example.
If you’re interested in meeting us, just call or write:
Tel.: 0177-8066570
E-Mail: roteiche@gmx.de
Internet: www.christians.what.cc
Posted on October 10, 2005, in the area of the Technical University of Dresden:
What remains:
Questions about God?
Are you looking for someone with whom you can talk about the most important questions of life, or with whom you can share your faith? We are Christians without leaders and institutions, who want to live together in this world according to the example of Jesus.
We are Christians.
We give no special name to ourselves for the simple reason that we don’t want to be anything other than Christians (Acts 11:26), disciples of Jesus (Acts 6:7), saints (Romans 1:7), brothers (Acts 1:15), Christ’s church (Romans 16:16), God’s children (John 1:12) … That’s what the Bible calls people who follow Jesus. Following Jesus – that’s what we want. That is our life and our goal, just as it also was for the first Christians. They shared their lives with each other. Their life and their teaching is an example for us. We consider God’s will to be unchangingly valid and credible, and we believe that a person can still live according to the same principles even today.
We follow Jesus and nobody else. We are not an official religious organization, but rather a community in the Biblical sense. What binds us together is love for God and for our siblings in the faith, and the shared desire to live as Christians in this world. We want to get know other people with whom we can seek mutual answers for honest questions, with whom can achieve unity, and with whom can share life.
0177/8066570
write2us@web.de
Left lying in the “Quiet Room” in the Rehabilitation Clinic in [the city of] Kreischa near Dresden on June 14, 2006
Jesus
did NOT arrive
in order to enrich our culture and our
religious tradition!
He calls us forth out of
lying, egoism, greed, …
to a life in
truth, self-sacrifice, love
and leads us to God.
We are Christians who share this experience,
and therefore our entire life,
too, with each other, like
the first Christians, –
without structure, without leaders.
write2us@web.de
0177/8066570
www.christen-folgen-jesus.de
Posted on October 10, 2006, in the student union of the Technical University of Dresden
Jesus
did NOT arrive
in order to enrich our culture and our
religious tradition!
He calls us forth out of lying, egoism,
greed, …
to a life [of] love, self-sacrifice, and
truth, and leads us to God
We are Christians who share this
experience, and therefore also our entire
life, with each other, like the first
Christians. We invite you into this, too.
guteSaat@web.de
0177/8066570
Posted on April 4, 2007 at the hospital in Radeberg
Is there anybody here who’s looking for
God?
Or are you looking for somebody with whom you can share your faith /
talk about the most important questions of life?
We are Christians without leaders and institutions,
who want to live together according to the model and the teaching of Jesus.
guteSaat@web.de
0177/8066570
Recruiting flyer in Dresden in April 2008
With money you can buy:
Medicine, but not health
Luxury, but not peace
Toys, but not friends
Food, but not satisfaction
Church membership, but not faith
Where can you find what everyone really needs?
Jesus says: Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. (John 6:35)
We are a small group of Christians who belong to no “denomination” and who want to follow Jesus according to the pattern of the first Christians.
Recruiting flyer in May 2008 in Dresden
You are …
Neither thrown into existence by chance, nor are you an emanation of an indefinable mysterious power. You are also not the Nth reincarnation of an unknown being. You are much more than the product of your genes and your environment.
You have a creator,
who created you out of love, so that you [can] find eternal happiness in a relationship with him. We have followed His call to a life as Christians, and we invite you into this, too.
0177/8066570
GlaubeLeben@web.de
Recruiting flyer in October 2009 in Bochum (near the Ruhr University), a small blue flyer (5.8 cm x 10.7 cm), frontside German, backside English
Jesus
has arrived
NOT in order to enrich our culture
and our religious tradition!
He calls us forth out of
egoism, lying, and greed,
to a life in love, truth, and self-sacrifice
and leads us to God.
We are Christians who share this experience,
and therefore also our entire life, with each other,
like the first Christians.
We invite you into this, too.
zeder@gmx.net
0151/57747735
Jesus
has come
NOT to enrich our culture
and religious customs!
He calls us out of lies,
egoism, greed, ... into a life
of truth, devotion and
love, leading us to God.
According to His example, we
share our lives with each other
just as the first Christians did -
no organisation and no leader.
You’re invited.
zeder@gmx.net
0151 577 477 35
Recruiting flyer in October 2009 in Bochum (near the Ruhr University), a lavender-colored flyer, 10.4 cm x 14.6 cm
We are Christians.
We don't give ourselves any special name for the
simple reason that we don't want to be anything
other than Christians (Act 11:26), disciples of
Jesus (Acts 6:7), saints (Romans 1:7), brothers
(Acts 1:15), church of Christ (Romans 16:16),
children of God (John 1:12)... That is what the
Bible calls the people who follow Jesus. Following
Jesus...that's what we want, nothing more, nothing
less. This is our life, our goal, just as it was for the
first Christians who shared their lives, gathering
together daily in love. Their life and teaching is an
example for us. We consider that to be God's will:
unchangingly valid and reliable. We are confident
that it is also possible to live that way today.
We follow Jesus and no one else. We are not an
official religious society or any other kind of
organisation, but community in the biblical sense.
Nothing but love for God and for our brothers,
aswell as the common desire to live as Christians,
binds us together. We want to get to know other
people with whom we can search together for
answers to honest questions, reach unity and share
our lives.
Backside:
IS THERE A GOD?
Can we get to know him?
What is the sense of life?
Is everything relative or is there an objective truth?
Are there many ways
or just one way and one truth?
Which religion leads to God?
Why are there so many different churches today?
Are they all right?
What does it mean to follow Jesus?
Can we tell hypocritical beliefs from real faith? -
Not everything that appears to be true really is true.
What is belief - conviction based on reason
or a feeling or ...????
We would like to invite you (and your friends) to
discuss together with us these and similar
questions. If you are not interested in such
questions please hand this flyer on to someone who
you know is interested in them.
tel: 0151-577 477 35
email: zeder@gmx.net
Recruiting Flyer in July 2010 on the campus of the Technical University of Dresden:
Jesus Christ says: “In the world, you have anxiety, but be comforted, I have overcome the world!” (John 16:33)
Jesus calls us forth from:
Lies, egoism, greed …
to a life in truth, devotion, and love.
Reading the Bible together, in order to better understand the Bible and God!
You, too, are invited!
We are friends, whom Jesus has bound together, in order to follow on His path with each other.
Tel.: 0177 / 8066570
glaubeleben@web.de
Recruiting flyer, circa 2010, in the area of Stuttgart
Contact data on the flyer:
Tel.: 0170 / 7541318
gottsuchen@arcor.de
Recruiting flyer, 2020, on Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede Campus (Netherlands) - english translation
Is God important for you?
For us too!
We are a Christian congregation who want to take life with God very seriously, as Jesus puts it:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. (Marcus 12:30)
We come together as often as possible to talk about God and we want to live according to his will with his help in a pure and clear way. That is not easy and that is why we want to help each other to walk on the narrow road. We read the Bible and think together about how we can put it into practice. Selfless brotherly love is our goal, as Jesus showed us. We believe there is only one truth. We do not have a special "house of God", but we usually meet at home.
If you already know God and want to get to know us, or if you don't know God and you are interested in thinking more deeply about life, we invite you to get to know us:
06 52171228
www.christenen.info
arispost@gmail.com