Zentrum für Migrationskirchen
Zentrum für Migrationskirchen is a centre in Zürich that hosts eight Protestant church communities from four continents. It is located in Wipkingen, in the former Kirchgemeindehaus Haus für das Volk, which opened in 1932 as the parish house of the Reformed church (independent since 1865).
In 2008, the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich created the centre to provide suitable rooms for immigrant congregations. Since December 2014, the director has been theologian and pastor Dinah Hess. She handles renting rooms, community life, and communications with the migration churches, and she works to address differences in mission understandings between partners.
The eight churches come from diverse backgrounds and meet monthly to discuss organizational matters and religious topics. Examples include a Korean church, a Tamil-speaking church, a Finnish church, and churches serving Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking communities, among others.
The centre supports the lively, charismatic worship styles that many migrant churches have in Switzerland, which can be hard to find elsewhere. The hosting Kirchgemeinde Wipkingen works with the Guthirt parish to run the centre. In total, the linked congregations and parishes have about 4,500 members, who share leadership responsibilities through the parish assembly, a community convention, and pastors.
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