Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz

The Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz (CCB) (Community of the Christ-Brotherhood Selbitz) is a mixed Religious Order in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria in Germany.

The Community was founded in 1948 by pastor Walter Hümmer (1909-1972) and his wife Hanna Hümmer (1910 - 1977) in Schwarzenbach an der Saale.

The Community lives according to the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The Order is led by prioress and prior. The Community has today 120 Sisters, 4 Brothers, and 78 tertiaries. The mother-house of the order is in Selbitz.

External links

Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz (German)
Publishing House of the CCB (German)
A Gleam of Hope for our Church by Sister Mirjam Zahn CCB. Article in Franciscan, January 2005

Active Lutheran orders

Men's orders	Bekenntnisbruderschaft St. Peter und Paul Brethren of the Common Life Congregatio Canonicorum Sancti Augustini Evangelische Michaelsbruderschaft Hochkirchlicher Apostolat St. Ansgar Humiliatenorden Ordo Crucis Theologisk Oratorium St.-Jakobus-Bruderschaft

Women's orders	Communität Casteller Ring Daughters of Mary (Lutheran) Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary

Mixed orders	Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz Evangelisch-Lutherische Gebetsbruderschaft Hochkirchliche St.-Johannes-Bruderschaft Order of Lutheran Franciscans Societas Sanctae Birgittae Society of the Holy Trinity

Other topics	Franciscan orders in Lutheranism

Authority control	GND: 2077508-8

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