YMCA in Germany

Numbers and Figures

• The YMCA Germanyis the biggest oecumenic Youth organisation in Germany

• 260.000 Members

• 2.200 local YMCAs, 150 Christian Youth Villages

• 43.000 Volunteers

• 700 Professionals

• 8.000 professional Theologians and Educationistsin the Christian Youth Village Movement (CJD)

The “Paris Basis”

The Basis for the work of the YMCA all over the world:

“The Young Men’s Christian Associations seek to unite those young men who, regarding Jesus Christ as their God and Saviour, according to the Holy Scriptures, desire to be his disciples in their faith and in their life, and to associate their efforts for the extension of his Kingdom amongst young men.“

(1855)

History of the German YMCA

• 1823: The roots of the German YMCA reach back to the foundation of an association of young men for the purpose of missionary work in “Barmen-Gemarke” in the Ruhr Area by the 16 years old F. W. Isenberg.

• 1844: Foundation of the first YMCA in London by George Williams.

• 1855: Creation of the World Alliance of YMCAs, and Paris Basis.

• 1883: The first German YMCA was founded in Berlin.

The German YMCA today

The National Association of the YMCA in Germany (CVJM-Gesamtverband) is the umbrella organisation of the Christian youth work carried out under the names:

• „Christlicher Verein Junger Menschen“ (CVJM)Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)

• „Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Württemberg“ (ejw)Evangelical Youth Movement

• „Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands“ (CJD)Christian Youth Village Movement

Member movements all over Germany

• CVJM-Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.– Magdeburg

CVJM-Landesverband Sachsen e.V.– Dresden

CVJM Thüringen e.V.Ev. Jugendwerk– Erfurt

CVJM-Landesverband Schlesische Ober-lausitz e.V. – Görlitz

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der CVJM Deutschlands– Kassel

Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands (CJD)– Ebersbach/Fils

CVJM-Westbund– Wuppertal

Evangelisches Jugend-werk in Württemberg – Stuttgart

CVJM-Landesverband Bayern e.V.– Nürnberg

CVJM-Nordbund e.V.– Hamburg

CVJM-Landesverband Baden e.V.– Karlsruhe

CVJM Pfalz e.V. – Ev. Jugendverband – Otterberg

CVJM-Ostwerk e.V. Landesverband Berlin-Brandenburg – Berlin

YMCA Germany

13 Member Movements

Local YMCAs

2.200

Members

260.000

Structure of the German YMCA

Western district

chapters

Northern district

chapters

Southern district

chapters

Youth Work

• Children and Youth Groups: Boys & Gilds Clubs / Teenager Clubs / Young Adults Clubs

• Adult an Family Clubs

• Drop-in centres – Open-door work, youth cafés

• Camping programmes

Sports

Coordination of German Championships ...

• ... in table tennis, handball, volleyball, basketball, soccer und indiaca

Organisation of European Championships ...

• ... in handball, table tennis, basketball and volleyball

• Support of sports groups in the local YMCAs

• Training of Trainers

TEN SING

• At about 150 TEN SING-Groups all over Germany

• Creative Youth Work with teenagers

– Music – Show

– Choir – Band

– Dancing – Theatre

– Creativity – Audio Engineering, Light, Sound …

International Department

• Emergency aid

• Support for displaced persons and disaster victims

• Projects against poverty and misery

• Development aid

• Cultivation of relations to Partner YMCAs

all over the world

Freiwilligendienste

• Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr im CVJM (Inland)

• Beratung von interessierten Jugendlichen

• Beratung von Einsatzstellen (im In- und Ausland) und Mitgliedsverbänden

• Vermittlung von Freiwilligen (Antragstellung und Begleitung)

• Bildungsarbeit mit Freiwilligen und AnleiterInnen

• Europäischer Freiwilligendienst im CVJM („Volunteers for Europe“)

The CVJM-Kolleg

• Das CVJM-Kolleg ist ein Aus- und Fortbildungsinstitut für christliche Jugendarbeit und private Fachschule für Sozialpädagogik

• Folgende Studiengänge werden zurzeit angeboten:Theologie und Sozialpädagogik

• Leben und Lernen:Das CVJM-Kolleg hat ein eigenes Wohnheim für die Studierenden in Kassel

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CVJM-Gesamtverband in DeutschlandIm Druseltal 8, 34131 Kassel www.cvjm.de