Evangelische Erwachsenenbildung EKHN

Name

Evangelische Erwachsenenbildung EKHN

Legal name

Zentrum Bildung und Gesellschaft der EKHN

Website

https://erwachsenenbildung-ekhn.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adult Education Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAD

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAJAB

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

Keywords

• Adult education
• Church education programs
• Professional training workshops
• Community development consulting
• Non-formal learning

Headquarters

HQ city

Mainz

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Zentrum Bildung und Gesellschaft (ZBG) der EKHN delivers non-formal adult education, consulting, workshops, seminars, and events for professional staff and volunteers in the deaneries, parishes, and neighborhood spaces of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau. It also administers financial support programs (unemployment fund and subsidies) and organizes its offerings across eight subject areas (Demokratie, Digitale Transformation, Familie und Generationen, Klima/Umwelt/Nachhaltigkeit, Methodenkompetenz, Religion und Kultur, Quartiersentwicklung, Wirtschaft/Arbeit/Soziales).

Product overview

Zentrum Bildung und Gesellschaft (ZBG) is a unified competency and support center formed on January 1, 2026, merging the Zentrum Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung and the Fachbereich Erwachsenen- und Familienbildung. It offers a broad portfolio of educational services including Beratung (consulting), Workshops und Seminare (workshops and seminars), Veranstaltungen (events), and Finanzielle Förderungen (financial support). The center organizes its offerings across eight subject areas (Fachfelder): Demokratie und Partizipation, Digitale Transformation, Familie und Generationen, Klima Umwelt Nachhaltigkeit, Methodenkompetenz, Religion und Kultur, Stadt-Land-und Quartiersentwicklung, and Wirtschaft Arbeit und Soziales. Additional services include the EKHN2030 - Nachbarschaftsräume project, room rental, newsletter subscriptions, and specialized consulting (Fachberatung).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beratung (Consulting/Advisory) Advisory services for professional staff, full-time workers, and volunteers in deaneries, church parishes, and neighborhood spaces of the EKHN, supporting them through societal transformation processes.
• Workshops und Seminare (Workshops and Seminars) Educational workshops and seminars designed to qualify and strengthen ecclesiastical professionals and volunteers across the EKHN's eight subject areas.
• Veranstaltungen (Events) Events organized by the center covering various societal topics and themes, enabling active participation in public discourse from an evangelical perspective.
• Fachberatung (Specialized Consulting) Specialized subject-matter consulting services offered through the center across its eight Fachfelder (subject areas), including democracy, digital transformation, climate/sustainability, and family/generations topics.
• Räume mieten (Room Rental) Rental service for conference and meeting rooms at the ZBG's Mainz and Darmstadt locations.
• EKHN2030 - Nachbarschaftsräume (Neighborhood Spaces Initiative) Initiative under the EKHN2030 strategy that supports and develops neighborhood spaces and community-development efforts within the EKHN region.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD): National umbrella of Germany's Protestant regional churches including EKHN; sets broader policy, theology, and Bildung frameworks under which ZBG operates and against which its programs are positioned.
• Volkshochschulen (DVV): Germany's nationwide public adult education network offering broad continuing-education courses including sustainability, democracy, and digital topics; overlaps heavily with ZBG's subject areas but from a public/municipal rather than faith-based mandate.

Emerging players

• Arbeit und Leben (DGB/VHS): Joint DGB-union and VHS adult-education network delivering political and labor-focused qualification programs; competes for the same civic-participation and Wirtschaft-Arbeit-Soziales audiences ZBG targets.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Bildungswerk): Party-affiliated foundation providing political Bildung on democracy, sustainability, and social topics; overlaps with ZBG's Demokratie/Partizipation and Klima/Nachhaltigkeit subject areas through seminars and events.

Regional players

• Familienbildung im Bistum Mainz: Catholic family-education provider in the Mainz region offering parent-child and generational programming; sibling function to EKHN's former Fachbereich Erwachsenen- und Familienbildung that ZBG has now merged.

Direct peers

• Diakonie Hessen - Bildung: Social-welfare arm of EKHN providing qualification, Beratung, and Fortbildung for social-sector professionals in Hessen; closely aligned faith-based peer serving overlapping church-affiliated workforce.
• Evangelische Akademie Villigst: Protestant academy in NRW running Tagungen, Seminare, and Beratung on social, political, and theological themes; directly comparable faith-based adult-education operator with similar event/program format to ZBG.
• Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt: Protestant adult education and event provider in Hessen offering workshops, Tagungen, and societal-discourse programs from an evangelical perspective; comparable in mission, faith-based framing, and adult-education format to ZBG EKHN.
• Katholische Erwachsenenbildung (KEB) Deutschland: Umbrella organization for Catholic adult education in Germany; offers a comparable federated network of regional Bildungseinrichtungen delivering faith-based qualification, Beratung, and seminars analogous to ZBG.

Others

• Bildungswerk der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bbw): Large private-sector consortium providing qualification, workshops, and societal-orientation programs; thematically comparable in offering Wirtschaft-Arbeit-Soziales programming but operates on a commercial rather than church-funded model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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