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With people

At EVIM, we support and empower individuals in what they need to live a self-determined and dignified life. We create a wide range of opportunities for participation in social life. We are constantly developing our professional profile, thereby giving new impetus to life and work.

With people: We can do it!

The Evangelical Verein für Innere Mission in Nassau (EVIM) is a large diaconal social economy enterprise with over 3,400 employees. Around 400 volunteers support the work of the association, which was founded in 1850. Since 2024, all areas of activity relating to elderly care, education, youth welfare, and participation have been combined in EVIM gGmbH – a sign of growing cooperation and cohesion.

Our shared mission: to support others in special life situations as fellow human beings. We work together across departments to achieve this. That is EVIM.

  • Over 3,400 employees
  • around 400 volunteers
  • since 1850 for and with people

175 years of tradition and solidarity

We place the individual, with their unique needs and specific life situation, at the center of everything we do. That is why we embrace an attitude of attentiveness, respect, and appreciation. We celebrate diversity, stand up for one another, and act sustainably in our work at around 155 locations in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. EVIM is a non-profit organization and a member of Diakonie Hessen.

2025 was our big anniversary year.

These were the highlights

We perceive each and every individual as a creation of God and accompany people on the basis of a Christian self-image. 

"The cedar does not remain silent"
  

On October 24, 2025, the Evangelischer Verein für Innere Mission in Nassau (EVIM) opened a memorial site dedicated to Nazi history with an impressive ceremony on the Geisberg in Wiesbaden. Designed by Wiesbaden artist Nabo Gaß, the memorial commemorates children and young people who were removed from the Protestant reform schools on the Geisberg during the Nazi era and placed in state homes. At least four of them fell victim to Nazi "euthanasia" crimes.

About the memorial site

Those who stand here are not only standing under a tree,
but in the shadow of history.
And in the light of a promise: Never again!
 

Our mission statement

Every human being possesses a God-given dignity. This dignity cannot be lost or taken away.

We perceive each and every individual as a creature of God and accompany people on the basis of a Christian self-image.

We use our faith and expertise to serve people, especially seniors, people with disabilities, children, adolescents, and young adults.

Our mission statement as a PDF

Our history

It was supposed to be a new beginning

With the aim of caring for the "poor, sick, neglected, abandoned, and outcasts" of society, Pastor Ludwig Eibach and 15 other pastors founded the Protestant Association for Inner Mission in the former Duchy of Nassau in 1850.

 

175 years of EVIM at a glance: Travel with us through our history...

Start your journey through time

Board of Directors & Executive Board

Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the association’s highest supervisory body. It appoints and advises the Executive Board and oversees its management. As the association’s supervisory body, it ensures that the duties set forth in the bylaws are fulfilled. The board possesses a broad range of knowledge and experience that contributes to the association’s successful work in its various fields of activity. Its members serve in an honorary capacity:

Philipp Baum (Chair)
Former Senior Ministerial Director Bertram Hörauf (Vice Chair)
Dr. Johannes Jacobi
, Thomas Köhler
, Dean Arami Neumann
, Prof. Christian Niemöller
, Angelika Thiedemann
, Verena Thiels-McMurray
, former State Parliament Director Peter von Unruh

Executive Board
The two-member Executive Board is responsible for managing the association’s affairs. At EVIM gGmbH, the Theological Director and the Business Director represent the association’s interests as its sole shareholders:

Pastor Matthias Loyal, Theological Director (Chair)
Jörg Wiegand, Business Director

Organizational Chart

A concise overview of EVIM’s structure

Organizational Chart as a PDF

EVIM Association Bylaws

Articles of Association as a PDF

Our facilities and services

information material

EVIM Magazine

Three times a year, we report on innovative projects, interesting stories, and dedicated people

Current issue (PDF)

Flyers & brochures

Our informational material ranges from annual reports to informational flyers for individual facilities.

Flyers & brochures

Media Relations & Communications 

Contact persons, press releases, and current information about EVIM

More info

Help us to help!

Volunteering

Would you like to volunteer at EVIM in your free time? Are you willing to support and accompany other people in their everyday lives? Then how about volunteering? Everyone has talents, knowledge, or skills that others can benefit from.

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Donations

Support us with your donation so that we can help people in need. Make a one-time donation or get involved on a long-term basis. Your help will go where it is needed. We appreciate every contribution!

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Becoming a donor

Becoming a founder is something special: with a foundation, you create something lasting that will continue to exist beyond your own lifetime. A foundation makes it possible to keep your values and ideas—the things that were and are important to you—alive.

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