{"id":3740,"date":"2025-12-29T02:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T01:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.icf.church\/muenchen\/presse\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T23:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:40:05","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/press\/","title":{"rendered":"Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"block-3\" class=\"wp-block-yellowtree-hero-stage\">\n    <div class=\"hero-stage \">\n        \n\n<div id=\"block-2\" class=\"hero-stage-content\">\n    <div class=\"hero-stage-content__background\">\n        <div class=\"overlay-black-25 h-100\">\n                            <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/icf.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/12\/presse-1.jpg\" class=\"hero-stage-media\" alt=\"press 1\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icf.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/12\/presse-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/icf.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/12\/presse-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/icf.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/12\/presse-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/icf.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/12\/presse-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/icf.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/12\/presse-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"hero-stage-gradient\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hero-stage-content__foreground is-layout-constrained\">\n        <h1 id=\"block-1\" class=\"display-1 text-center\">\n    Press<\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><p id=\"block-4\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <br><\/p><div id=\"block-10\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-7\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 col-md-6 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <p id=\"block-5\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Thank you for your interest in the ICF Munich e.V.!<br>If you have any questions, would like to be added to the press mailing list or would like detailed information about our church, please contact our press officer Konstantin Fritz.<br>We are available for interviews on request. Please use the form below or call us <a href=\"tel:+49 89 59 99 96 20.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-6\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Please contact us if you require current press photos.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-9\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 col-md-6 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <div class=\"mw-100\">\n      <figure id=\"block-8\" class=\"is-style-rounded\">\n      <div class=\"img-wrap\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/12\/signatur-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 h-100 rounded object-fit-cover\" style=\"object-position: center center\">\n      <\/div>\n          <\/figure>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"block-14\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-11\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 col-md-6 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-13\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 col-md-6 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <p id=\"block-12\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Konstantin Fritz, Pressesprecher ICF M\u00fcnchen<\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"block-15\" class=\"mt-4 mb-4 h2 text-start\">\n  Press reviews<\/h2><div id=\"block-24\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-17\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <article id=\"block-16\" data-bs-theme=\"dark\" class=\"card wp-block-yellowtree-testimonial-card overflow-hidden has-context-height\">\n  <div class=\"card-body p-5 text-bg-primary2\">\n    <i class=\"align-self-end testimonial-card-icon mb-3\"><\/i>\n        <blockquote class=\"flex-1 mb-4\">\n      &#8220;The intense experience of God is the key to their success, especially with the younger generation.&#8221;    <\/blockquote>\n    <p class=\"fs-caption fw-bold mb-0\">\n      <span>S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/span>\n            <span><\/span>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-19\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <article id=\"block-18\" data-bs-theme=\"dark\" class=\"card wp-block-yellowtree-testimonial-card overflow-hidden has-context-height\">\n  <div class=\"card-body p-5 text-bg-primary2\">\n    <i class=\"align-self-end testimonial-card-icon mb-3\"><\/i>\n        <blockquote class=\"flex-1 mb-4\">\n      &#8220;At a time when regional churches are merging congregations, not filling pastor positions and burying more members than they baptize every year, what happens here is sensational. On a normal Sunday, around 1000 visitors come &#8211; and what&#8217;s even more sensational is that they are on average 30 years old.&#8221;    <\/blockquote>\n    <p class=\"fs-caption fw-bold mb-0\">\n      <span>SPIEGEL KNOWLEDGE<\/span>\n            <span><\/span>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-21\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <article id=\"block-20\" data-bs-theme=\"dark\" class=\"card wp-block-yellowtree-testimonial-card overflow-hidden has-context-height\">\n  <div class=\"card-body p-5 text-bg-primary2\">\n    <i class=\"align-self-end testimonial-card-icon mb-3\"><\/i>\n        <blockquote class=\"flex-1 mb-4\">\n      &#8220;The Bible is presented here in a hoodie, not in a gown. Their place of worship is not a church, but a club in the basement of the bus station. 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