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London, Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, October 22, 1933.
In the summer of 1933, Bonhoeffer exchanged letters with the retiring pastor of St. Paul's and Sydenham Churches, both congregations forGerman-speaking people in London, and made a quick trip there to preach his candidate sermon. In October, in haste amid many other decisions that needed to be made and commitments fulfilled, he moved into two rooms in a building that housed a German school, which served as the parsonage. Bonhoeffer looked forward greatly to this chance to work full-time as a pastor, but he also felt torn about leaving behind the struggle going on in his home church over its true confessional identity. Many good friends were involved in the struggle, including Martin Niemöller and Karl Barth.