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The American Church in Berlin (ACB) (''Amerikanische Kirche in Berlin'') is an ecumenical and international congregation in 
ACB's members come from more than seventeen Christian denominations and from more than thirty different nations. The congregation is loosely affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, from which the congregation receives clergy support.
On 8 November 2002 ACB moved into the Luther Church on Dennewitzplatz in Schöneberg, only a few city blocks away from the original sanctuary that was destroyed in 1944.
Official website
Churches in Berlin Buildings and structures in Tempelhof-Schöneberg Churches completed in 1903 Berlin American Church Buildings and structures in Berlin destroyed during World War II {{Germany-church-stub
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
that was established in the 19th century.
ACB's members come from more than seventeen Christian denominations and from more than thirty different nations. The congregation is loosely affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, from which the congregation receives clergy support.
History
The origins of the church date back to about 1865, when American families met in private homes to worship.Otto March
Otto March (7 October 1845 – April 1913) was a German architect and father of architects Werner March (1894–1976) and Walter March (1898–1969).
Biography
Otto Jakob March was born in Charlottenburg, to the pottery manufacturer, Ernst ...
, father of the architects Walter and Werner March
Werner Julius March (17 January 1894 – 11 January 1976) was a German architect, son of Otto March (1845-1913), and brother of Walter March, both also well-known German architects. Werner March designed Germany's 1936 Olympic stadi ...
, planned and directed the construction of a church for the congregation between 1898 and 1903. This church building stood in the "American quarter" of Berlin-Schöneberg
Schöneberg () is a locality of Berlin, Germany. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. Together with the former borough of Tempelhof it is now part of the new borough of Tempe ...
, on Motzstraße
Motzstraße is a street in the Berlin borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It runs from Nollendorfplatz via Viktoria-Luise-Platz in Schöneberg to Prager Platz in Wilmersdorf.
The section of Motzstraße between Nollendorfplatz and Martin-Luther-S ...
#6, near Nollendorfplatz
Nollendorfplatz (colloquially called ''Nolle'' or ''Nolli'') is a square in the central Schöneberg district of Berlin, Germany.
History
The place was named on 27 November 1864 after the village of ''Nollendorf'' ( cs, Nakléřov) near Petrovi ...
.Susanne Twardawa, ''Der Nollendorfplatz in Berlin'', Berlin: Motzbuch, 2001, , p. 10.
The Nollendorfplatz church was destroyed in an Allied bombing of Berlin in 1944. The congregation continued from 1945 by sharing facilities with various German churches in Berlin-Zehlendorf, for the most part in Zehlendorf's Alte Dorfkirche.
On 8 November 2002 ACB moved into the Luther Church on Dennewitzplatz in Schöneberg, only a few city blocks away from the original sanctuary that was destroyed in 1944.
Today
The American Church in Berlin is an active English-speaking worshiping community inBerlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
. They hold services each Sunday in the Lutherkirche on Dennewitzplatz. They also offer Christian education programs for children, youth, and adults.
The congregation has been involved in the Berlin-wide program "Laib und Seele" since 2005. This program facilitates produce pick-ups from surrounding grocery stores to be distributed to neighborhood families in need each Friday.
The congregation also has an English-language learning program for both children and adults that meets weekly.
See also
*American Church in Paris
The American Church in Paris (formerly the American Chapel in Paris) was the first American church established outside the United States. It traces its roots back to 1814, and the present church building - located at 65 Quai d'Orsay in the 7th ...
* American Church in Rome
References
Sources
* Stewart Winfield Herman, ''American Church in Berlin: a history'', 1978External links
Official website
Churches in Berlin Buildings and structures in Tempelhof-Schöneberg Churches completed in 1903 Berlin American Church Buildings and structures in Berlin destroyed during World War II {{Germany-church-stub