Achim Detmers

Achim Detmers (born August 19, 1965 in Leer (Ostfriesland) ) is a German Protestant Reformed theologian and pastor . He has been Secretary General of the Reformed Federation since 2014 .

Life

After graduating from high school in Papenburg, Detmers studied Protestant theology in Bethel , Hamburg , Bonn , Bochum and Wuppertal from 1986 . He finished his studies in 1994 with the First Theological Exam. He received his doctorate from the University of Giessen on the subject of "Reformation and Judaism: Israel - Teachings and attitudes to Judaism from Luther to early Calvin". After a two-year vicariate , he successfully passed the second theological exam in 2001 and was ordained on December 1, 2002 in the Anhalt Church .

From 2002 to 2008 he was pastor of the Protestant parishes of Amesdorf - Warmsdorf , Güsten - Osmarsleben , Ilberstedt and Rathmannsdorf . He then was the representative of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the Reformed Federation for the Calvin Year 2009 in Hanover. After the Calvin year in 2010, he became the director of studies for distance learning in the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM) . From 2012 he became rector of the EKM's distance learning church. He has been General Secretary of the Reformed Federation since 2014.

Works (in selection)

• Reformation and Judaism: Teachings of Israel and attitudes towards Judaism from Luther to early Calvin (= Judaism and Christianity 7). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 2001, ISBN 978-3-17-016968-5 (Diss. Phil. 2000).
• 'Federal Unity' versus 'Law and Gospel': Martin Bucer's and Philipp Melanchthon's Relationship to Judaism . In: Achim Detmers, J. Marius J. Lange van Ravenswaay (ed.): Federal Unity and God's People: Reformed Protestantism and Judaism in Europe in the 16th and 17th Centuries (= Emden Contributions to Reformed Protestantism 9). Foedus, Wuppertal 2005, pp. 9–37.
• “I have often spoken to many Jews”. Calvin's relationship to Judaism. In: Rolf Decot , Matthieu Arnold (ed.): Christians and Jews in the Reformation Age (= publications of the Institute for European History, supplement 72). Von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3-8053-3709-0 , pp. 23-41.
• (as ed. :) Georg III. von Anhalt (1507–1553): imperial prince, reformer and bishop. Selected writings . Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-374-02451-3 .
• Calvinus ante portas: game for the implementation of the Reformation in Geneva. Supplement to: Calvin. The magazine for the Calvin year 2009 , Frankfurt a. M. 2009.
• Johannes Calvin: Life and Work of a European Reformer . Traveling exhibition on the Calvin Year 2009, Church Office of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Hanover; and Reformed Federation in Germany, Hanover, DNB 1118773764
• (as ed. with Magdalene L. Frettlöh :) Making treasures shine. Distance learning from church 1960–2010. EVA, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-374-02827-6 .
• (as ed. with Sabine Dreßler :) Endure stranger (s). Migration and Aggression in Europe. Foedus, Solingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-938180-53-2 .
• The Flämin Idelette de Bure - Baptist, refugee and companion of the Geneva Reformation . In: 500 years of the Reformation: designed by women .

Web links

• Literature by and about Achim Detmers in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website for the anniversary year calvin09
• Secretary General . Reformed covenant
• Achim Detmers presents his campaign for the Calvin year.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the EKM Church Distance Learning , accessed on April 12, 2017.
2. ^ Klaus Vogler: Achim Detmers new director of the church distance learning KFU . calvin09.de, accessed on April 12, 2017.
3. ↑ Achim Detmers becomes the new General Secretary of the Reformed Federation . epd message on the website of the Evangelical Church in Germany, April 25, 2014, accessed on April 12, 2017.
4. ^ BerlinerStatement: Achim Detmers: Presentation Calvin09 and Calvin-Dollar. November 5, 2008, accessed December 12, 2017 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Jörg Schmidt	General Secretaries of the Reformed Federation 2014–