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English translation: public professions of faith

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German term or phrase:	Bekenntnisversammlungen
English translation:	public professions of faith
Entered by:	Casey Butterfield

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19:41 Jan 4, 2010

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Social Sciences - Religion / Christian missionary work

German term or phrase: Bekenntnisversammlungen

"christliche Bekenntnisversammlungen"

"Es kommt zu vielen christlichen Bekenntnisversammlungen" in a text about increasingly successful Christian missionary work with a primitive hunter-gatherer tribe.

Could this be "revival meetings"?

Casey Butterfield KudoZ activity Questions: 67 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 103 United States
Local time: 18:39

public profession of faith

Explanation:
is the deep structure here

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Note added at 12 mins (2010-01-04 19:54:13 GMT)
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the idea is to get new converts to take part in a public meeting, where individuals stand up and recount ("witness") how they "found the Lord", the idea being that a public profession will help to strengthen the converts' budding faith and others in the community will take note of their "new lives in Christ"

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Note added at 21 mins (2010-01-04 20:02:42 GMT)
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"public demonstrations of faith" is perhaps more a propos here, as I'm not sure if you're talking about new converts or whole communities

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Jonathan MacKerron
Local time: 18:39

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Thank you very much for your swift and informative answer, Jonathan. The first version was best given context, but the follow-ups were much appreciated as well!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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public profession of faith

Jonathan MacKerron

3 +2

testimony meetings

Armorel Young

Discussion entries: 2

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +13

public profession of faith

Jonathan MacKerron
Local time: 18:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 23

Grading comment

Thank you very much for your swift and informative answer, Jonathan. The first version was best given context, but the follow-ups were much appreciated as well!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Rebecca Garber: Happy New Year, Jonathan

1 min

-> same to you Sister Rebecca..

agree

makhno: http://books.google.com.ua/books?id=EN-izMKVvnEC&pg=PA229&lp...

36 mins

agree

Elisabeth Kissel

37 mins

agree

Anne-Marie Grant

38 mins

agree

philgoddard: Excellent translation. I feel sorry for the "primitive hunter gatherers" though.

1 hr

agree

Bernhard Sulzer: esp. with your plural form "public demonstrations of faith"

2 hrs

agree

Jeux de Mots

2 hrs

agree

Monika Elisabeth Sieger: I know this from my own church community as well! Happy New Year!

2 hrs

neutral

Erich Friese: ....have any of the above ever attended a revival meeting...or (any of the) Billy Graham Crusades???

2 hrs

agree

Ingeborg Gowans: Happy New Year, Jonathan

3 hrs

agree

Dr Lofthouse

4 hrs

agree

Jim Tucker: or simply "profession" tout court http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession_(religious)

11 hrs

agree

Goldcoaster

13 hrs

agree

Nicola Wood

14 hrs

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

testimony meetings

Explanation:
testimony meeting
–noun a meeting at which persons give testimonies of religious faith and related religious experiences.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_E...

An LDS fast and testimony meeting is normally held on the first Sunday of each month, where faithful members of the Church are invited to bear a verbal witness of their feelings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/activity/fast_testi...

Armorel Young
Local time: 17:39
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 38

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