The Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz (CCB) (Community of the Christ-Brotherhood Selbitz) is a mixed Religious Order

Religious order

A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice. The order is composed of initiates and, in some...

 in The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a Protestant church in the German state of Bavaria. The seat of the church is in Munich....

 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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The Community was founded in 1948 by pastor Walter Hümmer (1909-1972) and his wife Hanna Hümmer (1910 - 1977) in Schwarzenbach an der Saale

Schwarzenbach an der Saale

Schwarzenbach an der Saale is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 11 km south of Hof. Within the town is the Gedenkstätte Langer Gang, a memorial to the Nazi victims of the Helmbrechts concentration camp, which was near Schwarzenbach an der...

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The Community lives according to the evangelical counsels

Evangelical counsels

The three evangelical counsels or counsels of perfection in Christianity are chastity, poverty , and obedience . As Jesus of Nazareth stated in the Canonical gospels , they are counsels for those who desire to become "perfect"...

 of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The Order is led by prioress and prior

Prior

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. The Community has today 120 Sisters, 4 Brothers, and 78 tertiaries

Third order

The term Third Order designates persons who live according to the Third Rule of a Roman Catholic religious order, an Anglican religious order, or a Lutheran religious order. Their members, known as Tertiaries, are generally lay members of religious orders, i.e...

. The mother-house of the order is in Selbitz

Selbitz

Selbitz is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 12 km west of Hof....

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External links

• Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz
• Publishing House of the CCB
• A Gleam of Hope for our Church by Sister Mirjam Zahn CCB. Article in Franciscan, January 2005