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It seemed particularly urgent to work up the tasks of the churches in the pluralistic societies in Europe (The Church of Jesus Christ, Chapter II). Secondly, the post-1989 political changes, especially in the eastern and central European regions under the former Soviet Union’s influence, gave rise to a new national awareness which partly led to homicidal nationalistic conflicts (the collapse of Yugoslavia). Thirdly, the Leuenberg Church Fellowship was expected to provide a special contribution for the Second European Ecumenical Assembly 1997 (EEA2) in Graz. The South and Southeast Europe Regional Group attended to this task producing a thesis on the subject of “Church, people, state and nation”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the dramatic situation of the Protestant churches in central, eastern and south-eastern Europe, it stood to reason that the South and Southeast Regional Group of the Leuenberg Church Fellowship was commissioned to deal with the subject. The Group worked intensively on the relationship of “Church– People–State–Nation” in the years between 1995 and 1998. The introduction of the study itself gives information on the working process (v. p. 106ff). The first draft, which was produced in 1998 after providing the thesis for the EEA2, was sent to the member churches of the Leuenberg Church Fellowship for reactions. 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The 2006 CPCE General Assembly in Budapest recommended its member churches to use the text to review and strengthen their evangelistic work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDieses Heft dokumentiert die Ergebnisse der von der Exekutive der Leuenberger Kirchengemeinschaft eingesetzten Lehrgesprächsgruppe zum Thema „Das evangelische Profil im missionarischen Auftrag der Kirchen in Europa“ (2002–2004). Im Mittelpunkt stand die Frage, wie Evangelisation so gestaltet werden kann, dass ihre Form dem Gehalt der Botschaft entspricht. Die Publikation verbindet theologische Grundlegungen mit konkreten Handlungsimpulsen für unterschiedliche europäische Kontexte. 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However, this volume attempts to overcome this often negatively evaluated understanding of diaspora and to rethink it affirmatively as “shaping the fullness of relationships in the sense of following Christ”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Theology of Diaspora” summarizes the results of a multi-year study process initiated by the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) at its plenary assembly in Florence. 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