Overview
- The Evangelical Church in Germany announced in late May that the fourth edition of #einfachheiraten will take place around June 26 with about 350 participating locations nationwide.
- Services are staged at unconventional public and scenic sites such as Munich Airport’s Christophoruskapelle, the Oberstdorf ski jump tower, Bremen’s Weserstrand and a historic tram in Krefeld to invite spontaneous visits.
- Couples may receive a blessing without showing documents, but churches will only record a wedding in their registers if the couple is already married at the civil registry and one partner is Evangelical, with IDs and the civil marriage certificate required.
- Local parishes are finalizing formats that range from walk‑in short ceremonies to limited pre‑registration, often providing music, simple decoration and photographers, and this year includes participation by a sign‑language congregation in Nuremberg.
- The action is explicitly framed as outreach and inclusion: it is the first time the EKD is running the campaign jointly with twelve regional churches and organizers say it aims to lower barriers to pastoral care and raise the church’s public visibility.