Ansgar Hörsting
Ansgar Hörsting (born June 8, 1965 in Hamburg ) is a German Evangelical theologian and President of the Federation of Free Evangelical Congregations in Germany (FeG). The Federation of Free Protestant Congregations in Germany comprises 479 congregations with 41,203 members (as of December 31, 2015) and is one of the Protestant free churches in Germany.
Life
After studying at the Ewersbach Theological Seminary (today: Ewersbach Theological College ), Hörsting was pastor of the Free Evangelical Church of Siegen- Geisweid from 1993 to 1997 . In 1998 he moved to the Allianz Mission , which he headed from 2000. On September 16, 2006, he was elected President of the Bundestag of the Federation of Free Evangelical Congregations in Wiesbaden as successor to Peter Strauch . He took office in January 2008. Hörsting has been a member of the main board of the Evangelical Alliance in Germany since 2007 . He has been a member of its Executive Board since 2017. From 2008 to 2017 he was a member of the board of the Association of Evangelical Free Churches (VEF), of which he was president from July 2011 to March 2017. He is also President of the International Federation of Free Evangelical Congregations (IFFEC) and a member of the board of trustees of the non-denominational association ProChrist , which organizes large-scale evangelizations. Hörsting is an advocate of the controversial mission to the Jews .
Publications
- Adventure world. Encounters and impulses . SCM Bundes-Verlag , Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-933660-92-3 .
- The wind blows where it wants. Stories without borders . SCM ERF Verlag , Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-86666-124-0 .
- Ansgar Hörsting (ed.), Schnepper Arndt (ed.): The FeG book. Profile and perspectives of the Free Evangelical Congregations in Germany . SCM Bundes-Verlag, Witten 2010, ISBN 978-3-933660-42-8 .
- Life means being on the go: a companion for the journey . SCM R. Brockhaus , Witten 2011, ISBN 978-3-417-26380-0 .
- You can count on it. How God's promises change our lives . SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2014, ISBN 978-3-417-26578-1 .
- I want to give to the thirsty ... The book for the annual motto 2018 . SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-7751-5812-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ansgar Hörsting in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Ansgar Hörsting in the German Digital Library
- www.ansgarhoersting.de ; Ansgar Hörsting's blog
Individual evidence
- ^ Arndt Schnepper: Bundestag 2006 in Wiesbaden , in: Christsein heute, October 2006, pp. 28–31.
- ↑ Short biography and career
- ↑ New President: Stiba succeeds Hörsting. On pro-medienmagazin.de, March 28, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hörsting, Ansgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German evangelical clergyman, head of the evangelical alliance mission and president of the Federation of Free Evangelical Congregations in Germany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |