evangelisch.de

What evangelisch.de does

evangelisch.de is the official digital news and information portal of German Protestant Christianity, operated by the Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) gGmbH — the multimedial competence center of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and its 20+ regional Lutheran state churches (Landeskirchen). Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, the portal publishes news, faith content, societal commentary, video, audio, photo galleries, and blogs across four verticals (Faith, Church, Society, Service) and serves as a central digital hub for the German Protestant community. Its content is sourced primarily from epd (Evangelischer Pressedienst) and the regional Landeskirchen, and the site aggregates an ecosystem of 15+ specialized sub-portals addressing sacraments and life stages — predigten, taufbegleiter, konfispruch, 7wochenohne, epd-film, rundfunk, religionen-entdecken, and others — plus the Ohrenweide podcast (2,200+ episodes) and the yeet youth platform.

The technology stack is built on Drupal CMS with GDPR-compliant analytics (Matomo, cookieless with IP anonymization) and standardized German audience measurement (INFOnline IOMp via AGOF). Two mobile apps (mein-evangelisch.de and HolyDays) were launched in July 2023 following a major portal relaunch in July 2021. The portal is free to access, and the business model is a non-profit mix of church institutional funding from the 20+ EKD member churches, display advertising and sponsored banners (Herder religious books, chrismon promotions, yeet masterclass), and paid digital subscriptions through the GEP Leserservice (chrismon-plus, epd-film online). The flagship chrismon magazine reaches 1.4M+ readers per issue via newspaper inserts (AWA 2026), and the portal operates across 6+ social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, X). The organization has two managing directors (Ariadne Klingbeil and Dr. Stefanie Schardien) and a small editorial team of approximately 6 directly attributed employees, with Portalleiter Markus Bechtold leading day-to-day operations.

Name

evangelisch.de

Legal name

Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) gGmbH

Website

https://evangelisch.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

evangelisch.de is the official digital news portal of German Protestant Christianity, operated by the GEP gGmbH for the EKD and its 20+ regional state churches, serving German Protestant audiences with news, faith content, and a 15+ subdomain ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Media / Faith-based Digital Publishing

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Media, Publishing & Broadcasting (Radio, TV, Digital, Press) (BPAGAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sermon, Homiletics & Ministry Resource Publishing (Preaching Aids, Pastoral Resources) (MPAJAHAD), Denominational & Community Periodicals (Church Magazines, Diocesan/Temple Newsletters) (MPAJAHAI), Religious Education & Catechetical Publishing (Sunday School, Catechism, Study Guides) (MPAJAHAC)

Keywords

• Religious digital publishing
• Protestant news portal
• Faith-based content
• Denominational media
• Christian multimedia platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt am Main

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Church/Institutional Funding: As a portal of the Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) gGmbH — the multimedia competence center for the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and its member churches — evangelisch.de is funded through church institutional budgets and denominational tithes from Germany's 20+ regional Protestant state churches.
2. Advertising and Sponsorships: The portal carries display advertising banners and sponsored content placements, including promotional banners for related products and services such as chrismon magazine subscriptions, Herder religious books, and the yeet youth platform.
3. Newsletter and Subscription Services: Free and premium newsletter offerings including the Ohrenweide podcast subscription and chrismon-plus digital subscription, with the GEP Leserservice managing reader services and subscriptions.
4. Reader Services and Paid Content: The GEP Leserservice manages paid subscription services including chrismon-plus digital subscriptions, epd-film online subscriptions, and Mein-evangelisch.de/HolyDays app offerings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

evangelisch.de is a digital news and information portal for German Protestant Christianity, publishing news articles, commentary, blogs, videos, audio, and photo galleries on faith, church, society, and service topics. It complements the chrismon monthly magazine and operates an ecosystem of sub-portals (liturgical resources, youth platform yeet, Ohrenweide daily podcast, mobile apps, and a Protestant church finder), distributing content across web, mobile, podcast platforms, and newspaper inserts.

Product overview

evangelisch.de is a multi-platform Protestant news and information portal operated by the Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP). The core product is the evangelisch.de portal offering news, church reporting, faith content, video, audio, galleries, and blogs. The portfolio includes the flagship magazine chrismon (reaching 1.4+ million readers), the youth platform yeet, and numerous specialized sub-portals addressing specific religious needs: baptism (Taufbegleiter), confirmation (Konfispruch), sermons (Predigten), wedding verses (Trauspruch, trauervers.de), Lent (7wochenohne), film criticism (epd-film), religious exploration (Religionen-entdecken), and community newsletters (Gemeindebrief). Audio content is delivered through the Ohrenweide podcast (2,200+ episodes) and broadcast services. Digital reader services, community search tools, newsletter subscriptions, RSS feeds, and mobile apps (mein-evangelisch.de, HolyDays) extend the platform's reach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ohrenweide: Daily podcast featuring poetry, prose, and religious readings by actor Helge Heynold, with over 2,200 episodes since its launch.
• chrismon
• yeet
• Gemeindebrief

Products and services

• evangelisch.de Hauptportal (Main Portal) Core Protestant news and information portal offering news, society coverage, church reporting, faith content, video, audio, photo galleries, and blogs covering religious and theological topics for German Protestants and the broader public.
• Ohrenweide Podcast Daily podcast featuring poetry, prose, and sermon texts read by actor Helge Heynold, providing spiritual audio content for listeners. Over 2,200 episodes since 2018.
• chrismon Magazine Protestant monthly magazine reaching 1.4 million readers per edition, distributed as a supplement in major German daily and weekly newspapers, covering societal, religious, and cultural topics.
• yeet Youth Platform Youth-focused Protestant platform targeting young people with podcasts, content about faith, and events like the yeet-masterclass.
• mein-evangelisch.de App Personal religious platform mobile app providing on-the-go access to Protestant content, news, and liturgical resources for iOS and Android devices.
• HolyDays App Religious mobile app providing content and features related to religious events and the liturgical calendar for iOS and Android devices.
• Predigten (Sermons) Platform Platform providing access to Protestant sermon recordings and preaching content.
• Taufbegleiter (Baptism Companion) Guides and resources for baptism preparation and related ceremonies for families and parish communities.
• Konfispruch (Confirmation Verse) Platform providing confirmation (Konfirmation) verses and related resources for confirmation students.
• 7wochenohne (Lenten Campaign) Lenten campaign platform accompanying the Protestant Lenten observance period with daily content and resources.
• Gemeindesuche (Church Finder) Church finder tool enabling users to locate Protestant congregations across Germany.
• GEP-Leserservice (Reader Services) Reader services and subscription management platform for GEP publications including chrismon-plus digital, epd-film online, and other premium offerings.
• Newsletter Service Email newsletter service providing regular updates on Protestant news and content to subscribers.
• fragen.evangelisch.de (Q&A Platform) Q&A platform where users can ask questions about faith and Protestant Christianity and receive expert responses.
• Gemeindebrief (Parish Newsletter Service) Tool and platform for church congregations to manage and distribute their parish newsletters across Germany.
• epd-film Film Review Platform Film review and media criticism platform covering cinema and television from a Protestant perspective by the Evangelischer Pressedienst.
• Religionen-entdecken (Exploring Religions) Educational platform for exploring world religions and faith traditions as an interfaith resource.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.4 million+ readers per issue for chrismon magazine, which shares the evangelisch.de content ecosystem and is promoted through the portal
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) gGmbHcoreOthersevangelisch.de is a portal of GEP, the official multimedia competence center of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), its member churches, organizations, and evangelical free churches. GEP coordinates all Protestant public communications in Germany.
• EKD (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe EKD is the umbrella organization of German Protestant churches. evangelisch.de serves as a digital window for EKD news, positions, and denominational communications, with EKD-affiliated content and church networks driving audience reach.
• epd (Evangelischer Pressedienst)coreTechnology or Integrationepd is the Protestant Press Service, serving as the primary news wire for evangelisch.de. The majority of news articles on the portal are produced by epd journalists, making epd an integral content partner.
• Regional Protestant State Churches (Landeskirchen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll 20+ regional Protestant state churches (Landeskirchen) affiliated with the EKD — including Bayern, Hannover, Rheinland, Westfalen, Württemberg, Nordkirche, and others — contribute content to and are served by evangelisch.de, creating a network-wide digital Protestant information ecosystem.
• chrismon MagazinecoreGTM or Marketing Partnerchrismon is the GEP's flagship Protestant monthly magazine, distributed as a newspaper insert reaching 1.4M+ readers. It shares editorial alignment with evangelisch.de and is prominently cross-promoted through the portal's advertising banners and content links.
• yeet.de Youth PlatformcoreGTM or Marketing Partneryeet.de is the GEP's youth-oriented digital platform covering Christianity for young people. It is prominently featured on evangelisch.de through dedicated links and cross-promotional content, extending reach into the 13–30 age demographic.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Christianity Today: Leading US evangelical news and commentary publication. Comparable as a confessional Christian media outlet with news, opinion, and multimedia content, though serving the English-speaking global Protestant audience rather than the German domestic market.

Direct peers

• idea (Evangelische Nachrichtenagentur): German evangelical news agency producing journalism on church, faith, and society from a conservative Protestant perspective. Comparable as a Protestant newswire and media outlet serving the same denomination with overlapping editorial scope.
• Pro-Medienmagazin: German Christian media trade publication covering the religious media landscape in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Comparable as a German-language Christian media outlet addressing the same media-and-faith intersection, though with a media-industry rather than congregational focus.
• katholisch.de: The official digital news portal of the German Catholic Church, operated by the German Bishops' Conference. It is the closest direct structural peer: a multi-platform confessional news portal with podcasts, multimedia content, youth sub-brands, and church-finder tools serving the parallel German Catholic audience.
• ERF Medien (ERF Radio): German evangelical Christian radio and media organization producing audio content, podcasts, and digital programming. Highly comparable as a Protestant-leaning multimedia outlet with similar podcast, audio, and digital content offerings targeting faith audiences in Germany.

Broad incumbents

• Bibel TV: Germany's Christian television broadcaster, offering faith-based video content, documentaries, and programs. Comparable as an established Christian media incumbent in the German market with overlapping audiences and complementary broadcast/digital distribution.
• Vatican News: The Vatican's official multi-language news platform. Comparable structurally as the official Catholic counterpart to evangelisch.de: an institutional denominational news portal with multimedia distribution and authoritative content for a global faith audience.
• Domradio: German Catholic radio and online media outlet covering church, faith, and society. Comparable as a confessional broadcaster with podcast and digital distribution, serving a parallel Catholic audience in Germany with similar multimedia and news formats.
• EKD (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland): The umbrella organization of German Protestant churches, which evangelisch.de serves as the digital window. While not a direct competitor, EKD's own website represents the broader institutional incumbent with overlapping news, position-paper, and policy content for the same Protestant audience.

Others

• Kirchenzeitung (various Catholic diocesan newspapers): Network of German Catholic diocesan newspapers providing print and digital confessional journalism. Comparable as adjacent denominational press with similar funding model (church institutional support) and editorial mission, though distributed across multiple regional titles rather than a single national portal.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/evangelisch_de
• YouTubeyoutube.com/EvangelischDE
• Facebookfacebook.com/evangelischde
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/evangelisch-de
• Instagraminstagram.com/evangelisch.de
• Pinterestpinterest.de/evangelischde

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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