Party of Bible-abiding Christians

Party of Bible-abiding Christians Partei Bibeltreuer Christen
Abbreviation	PBC
Leader	Gerhard Heinzmann
Founded	1989
Dissolved	2015
Merged into	Alliance C – Christians for Germany
Membership(2013)	2,545
Ideology	Christian right
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Pentecostalism Christian fundamentalism
European affiliation	ECPM
Colours	white
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TheParty of Bible-abiding Christians(‹See Tfd›German:Partei Bibeltreuer Christen,PBC) was aconservativeevangelicalminorright-wingpolitical partyinGermany.It was founded in 1989 during a convent of theFederation of Pentecostal Churchesto serve as political arm of theChristian rightin Germany. It was againstsame-sex marriageand legality ofabortion.It supported a reference to God in theEuropean Constitutionand it strongly supportedIsrael.In March 2015, the PBC merged with theParty for Labour, Environment and Family(AUF) into theAlliance C – Christians for Germany.

Most members were fromWürttembergorSaxonyand were members or sympathizers of what Germans call "Freikirche" (Free Church), i.e., Protestants fromPentecostalandCharismaticsects, which are not affiliated with the large LutheranProtestant Church in Germany.

The party's success, however, was very limited on the federal and state levels of government because it never reached the "5% hurdle" of votes cast necessary to get into the parliaments in Germany's system ofproportional representation.In the last federal election the PBC participated (2013), the party achieved 0.0 percent of votes.

By contrast, the conservativeChristian Democratic UnionandChristian Social Union in Bavariaare powerful political forces in Germany (based on the number of votes and offices held). They differ greatly from the former PBC though in acceptingsecularizationand being traditionally close to theProtestant Church in Germanyand theRoman Catholic Church.

The party was a member of theEuropean Christian Political Movement(EPCM).

Election results

Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

Election	Constituency			Party list			Seats	Status
	Votes	%	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
1994	65,651 (#12)	0.14	New	26,864 (#11)	0.06	New	0 / 631	Extra-parliamentary
1998	71,941 (#15)	0.15	0.01	46,379 (#11)	0.09	0.03	0 / 631	Extra-parliamentary
2002	101,645 (#12)	0.21	0.06	71,106 (#10)	0.15	0.06	0 / 631	Extra-parliamentary
2005	108,605 (#12)	0.23	0.02	57,027 (#9)	0.12	0.03	0 / 631	Extra-parliamentary
2009	40,370 (#17)	0.09	0.14	12,052 (#17)	0.03	0.09	0 / 631	Extra-parliamentary
2013	18,542 (#21)	0.04	0.05	2,081 (#24)	0.00	0.03	0 / 631	Extra-parliamentary