Welcome to the International Baptist Church of Hamburg
Church service information
We are glad that you've found us! We are an English-speaking evangelical church of many nations located in the center of Hamburg. More info ...
Every Sunday
14:00
Michaelispassage 1
20459 Hamburg
IBC Central Bible Study and the Young Adult Group (YAG) will have a summer break.
Sunday Service Livestream
Word for the Week
“As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice. (Ezekiel 33:30-32)
Putting God’s Word into Practise
Dear Friends and Members of IBC,
In this week’s Word for the Week, we come across another passage that closely echoes the themes we unpacked on Sunday in James 1:19–27. Both passages challenge us to consider the difference between hearing God’s Word and actually putting it into practise.
As Christians, we read or hear God’s words in many different ways. We hear it when we gather together on a Sunday. We listen to a podcast. In our quiet times we read some verses in the morning, on the bus, at that retreat, once a week, every day.
But let’s conduct a short experiment. (...)
