(GERMANY) Responding to Jesus’ Sacrifice: South Germany Joint Fall Conference
- Oct 24, 2026
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By Reiner Schauwienold
We thank God for blessing the Joint Fall Bible Conference of Heidelberg, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, and Freiburg UBF in Bad Homburg with his grace. 106 people attended the conference. The theme was “Sacrifice,” chosen by the preparation team, which mainly consisted of young coworkers. We wanted to understand Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the cross and, in response, live sacrificial lives.
We thank God for blessing the Joint Fall Bible Conference of Heidelberg, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, and Freiburg UBF in Bad Homburg with his grace. 106 people attended the conference. The theme was “Sacrifice,” chosen by the preparation team, which mainly consisted of young coworkers. We wanted to understand Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the cross and, in response, live sacrificial lives.
The opening message on Friday was about Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane in Luke 22:39-46, delivered by Abraham Mose from Frankfurt. We learned how hard Jesus struggled in prayer with all his heart to fully obey God’s will and sacrifice his life on the cross to save us from sin and death. Jesus’ sacrifice motivated Abraham Mose to leave his good job in Korea, go to Germany as a missionary, and serve students with the gospel for the past 42 years.
On Saturday morning, we studied John 12:1-11 and heard a heart-moving message from Elina, a second gen from Darmstadt. Mary’s decision to pour out all her precious oil over Jesus’ feet encouraged us to find a precious thing we can offer Jesus. In the afternoon, we took time to reflect on Jesus’ sacrifice and our personal response.
On Saturday evening, Jonathan, a second gen from Heidelberg, gave a message on John 21:15-25. He freely proclaimed Jesus’ love to Peter and how he helped him to devote his life to him by feeding his ship. Afterward, Y*uni and H*amin, second gens from Kwanak, Korea, shared heart-moving life testimonies about the faithful grace of Jesus in their lives.
On Sunday we studied Romans 12:1-21 in group Bible study, then heard the message about this passage from Mose K. from Frankfurt. We learned that our only reasonable response to his mercy is that we give ourselves, our bodies, to God as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, which is our proper worship. We were encouraged to do so by renewing our minds every day and by practically giving Jesus our best time, strength, and talents every day for his will to save students and young people in our country.
