Gerrit Noltensmeier
Gerrit Noltensmeier (born July 30, 1941 in Vienna ) is a German Reformed clergyman. From 1996 to 2005 he was the regional superintendent of the Lippe regional church .
Life
Noltensmeier was born in Vienna as the son of the Reformed pastor and later Austrian superintendent Hermann Noltensmeier . In 1954, the father , who came from Lippe , took over a pastor's position at the Erlöserkirche in Detmold , where Gerrit Noltensmeier graduated from high school. After studying Protestant theology in Marburg, Vienna, Bonn and Tübingen, he took up his first parish in 1969 in the Lieme parish (part of Lemgo ), where he had already been vicar . In 1976 he became a school clerk at the Lippe regional church. From 1980 to 1996 he was pastor of the Evangelical Reformed parish of St. Johann in Lemgo . In addition, he was a member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany from 1985 and headed the regional synod of his church as President from 1986 .
In 1996 the Synod elected him to be the state superintendent, i.e. leading clergyman, of the Lippe regional church. In the same year he was also elected deputy moderator of the Reformed League . He retired in autumn 2005, but kept his mandate in the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), to which he was elected in 2003, until 2009. From 2006 to 2009 he was the representative of the EKD Council for Sudan . From 2010 to 2015 he was a member of the steering committee for the revision of the Luther Bible 2017 ; since then he has been working on the translation of Old Testament books for the Basic Bible .
Noltensmeier received honorary doctorates from the Theological Faculty of the University of Münster (2005) and the Reformed University of Debrecen (2006).
literature
- Lead the Church of the Little Prophetess. Dedicated to Gerrit Noltensmeier. Edited by Martin Böttcher. Foedus, Wuppertal 2005. ISBN 3-938180-01-3 .
Web links
- Noltensmeier leaves in 2005. Press release of the Lippe Regional Church, accessed September 23, 2016.
- Going beyond borders Gerrit Noltensmeier headed the Lippe regional church for nine years. Press release of the Lippe Regional Church, accessed September 23, 2016.
- Portrait of Noltensmeier on the occasion of his retirement
- Gerrit Noltensmeier becomes council representative for Sudan. EKD press release, accessed September 23, 2016.
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ako Haarbeck |
State superintendent of the Lippe regional church 1996–2005 |
Martin Dutzmann |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noltensmeier, Gerrit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Reformed theologian, regional superintendent of the Lippe regional church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |