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PRESSEMEDDELELSE
Danmarks kirker inviterer alle til bededag
Søndag den 29. marts inviteres alle danskere til at bede en bøn for Danmark og verden i den nuværende coronakrise. Bag invitationen står organisationen Evangelisk Alliance sammen med sognemenigheder fra folkekirken, Den Katolske Kirke og Frikirkerne. Kirkerne er lukkede for tiden, men det hindrer ikke kirker på tværs af kirkesamfund til at invitere til en fælles bededag for Danmark og andre lande, der er ramt af corona. En online platform bliver således samlingspunktet, når flere sognekirker, den katolske kirke og frikirker søndag den 29. marts inviterer alle, der gerne vil bede en bøn, til at bede sammen.
-I krisetider har kirken altid kaldt til bøn. Og da vi lige nu står i den måske værste krise siden Anden Verdenskrig, er det oplagt, at kirkerne samler sig for at bede for vores land og vores verden og for de mennesker, som er smittede af coronavirussen, forklarer Thomas Bjerg Mikkelsen, formand for Evangelisk Alliance.
-Det er vigtigt, at vi står sammen som land og som kirker i en tid, hvor vores skrøbelighed og sårbarhed som mennesker bliver blotlagt. Og at bede Gud om hjælp i sådan en situation, tror jeg er en meget grundlæggende impuls hos os mennesker. På Evangelisk Alliances hjemmeside vil kirkeledere fra de forskellige kirkesamfund lægge videoer op med en kort introduktion til forskellige bedeemner, ligesom der også vil ligge nogle skrevne bønner, som man kan bede med på derhjemme. Endelig vil der være nogle stikord til bedeemner, som giver folk mulighed for at formulere deres egne bønner.
-Vi fornemmer, at der er mange danskere i denne tid, som ønsker at bede til Gud for de ramte lande, Danmark og vores kære, og derfor tror vi, at der er mange som vil bakke op om bededagen og bede med derhjemmefra i løbet af dagen, siger Thomas Bjerg Mikkelsen.
Yderligere oplysninger:Thomas Bjerg Mikkelsen, formand for Evangelisk Alliance Tlf: 60107880 Mail: tbm@teologi.dk
Peter Fischer Møller, biskop i Roskilde Stift Tlf:23296776 Mail:PFM@KM.DK
Czelaw Kozon, biskop for Den Katolske Kirke i Danmark Tlf: 40310426Mail: Czkozon@katolsk.dk
Tonny Jacobsen, formand for FrikirkeNet Tlf: 51881222 Mail: TonnyJ@frikirkenet.dk
ENGLISH
PRESS RELEASE
Denmark's churches invite everyone to a day of prayer
On Sunday, March 29, all Danes are invited to pray for Denmark and the world in the current corona crisis. Behind the invitation is the Evangelical Alliance, together with parishes from the National Church, the Catholic Church and the Free Churches. The churches are currently closed, but this does not prevent churches across denominations from inviting to a joint prayer day for Denmark and other corona-affected countries. An online platform thus becomes the focal point when several parish churches, the Catholic Church and Free Churches on Sunday, March 29, invite anyone who would like to pray a prayer to pray together.
-In times of crisis, the church has always called for prayer. And as we are right now in the perhaps worst crisis since World War II, it is obvious that the churches are gathering to pray for our country and our world and for the people infected with the coronavirus, explains Thomas Bjerg Mikkelsen, president of Evangelical Alliance.
-It is important that we stand together as a country and as a church at a time when our fragility and vulnerability as human beings are being exposed. And asking God for help in such a situation, I think, is a very basic impetus in us humans. On the Evangelical Alliance website, church leaders from different denominations will post videos with a brief introduction to various topics, as well as some written prayers that you can pray at home. Finally, there will be some key words for topics that allow people to formulate their own prayers.
-We sense that there are many Danes in this time who want to pray to God for the affected countries, Denmark and our loved ones, and therefore we believe that there are many who will support the day of prayer and pray with them from home during the day, says Thomas Bjerg Mikkelsen.
Further information: Thomas Bjerg Mikkelsen, President of the Evangelical Alliance Tel: 60107880 Mail: tbm@teologi.dk
Peter Fischer Møller, Bishop of Roskilde Stift Tel: 23296776 Mail: PFM@KM.DK
Czelaw Kozon, Bishop of the Catholic Church in Denmark Tel: 40310426Mail: Czkozon@katolsk.dk
Tonny Jacobsen, President of FrikirkeNet Tel: 51881222 Mail: TonnyJ@frikirkenet.dk