Burgert Brand
Burgert Brand (* 1959 in Swakopmund , South West Africa ) is a Namibian Evangelical Lutheran theologian and since January 18, 2015 Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (DELK) based in Windhoek .
Life
Brand grew up in Tsumeb and studied theology at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg and at the Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen . After Brand held pastoral posts in the Namibian towns of Windhoek and Gobabis , he worked as a pastor in Midrand ( South Africa ) from 1995 . In 2003 he moved to Hermannsburg as a pastor .
Brand is the Church's first native-born bishop.
literature
- Erika von Wietersheim: We are one small church among others. Interview with Burgert Brand, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. In Namibiamagazin 3/2017, pp. 18-20.
Individual evidence
- ^ News from the Church Personnel. Bishop's Post, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, December 2014 / January 2015, accessed March 10, 2015
- ↑ Congregational Letter , German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Windhoek. ELKIN-DELK, January / February 2015, p. 8ff ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 10, 2015
- ↑ Interview: Bishop Burgert about his church in Namibia. Diakonie-Portal, December 9, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brand, Burgert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Namibian Evangelical Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Swakopmund , South West Africa |