The Evangelical Social Congress was a social-reform movement of German evangelists founded in Whitsuntide in 1890.

Various groups were united in the Congress, although, in the end, the Congress failed to set forth a united programme of "Christian socialism" (more so because people like Friedrich Naumann and Adolf Stoecker

Adolf Stoecker

Adolf Stoecker was the court chaplain to Kaiser Wilhelm II, a politician, and a German Lutheran theologian who founded one of the first Christian Social Gospel political parties in Germany, the Christian Social Party.-Life:Stoecker was born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony.A staunch Protestant,...

 would depart from the Congress).

The Congress never carried a large membership, and was only marginal compared to the Verein für Socialpolitik

Verein für Socialpolitik

The Verein für Socialpolitik is an important society of economists in the German-speaking area. The Society, which covers all branches of economics was founded in 1873. Among its members were eminent economists like Gustav von Schmoller and Adolph Wagner.It annually awards the Gossen Prize to...

, an organization that currently still exists.

Associated people

• Otto Baumgarten
• Paul Gohre
• Adolf Harnack
  Adolf von Harnack
  Adolf von Harnack , was a German theologian and prominent church historian.He produced many religious publications from 1873-1912....
  
   (long time president of the Congress)
• Friedrich Naumann
• Martin Rade
• Adolf Stoecker
  Adolf Stoecker
  Adolf Stoecker was the court chaplain to Kaiser Wilhelm II, a politician, and a German Lutheran theologian who founded one of the first Christian Social Gospel political parties in Germany, the Christian Social Party.-Life:Stoecker was born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony.A staunch Protestant,...
  
  
• Max Weber
  Max Weber
  Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber was a German sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory, social research, and the discipline of sociology itself...