Christian Schad (theologian)

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Christian Schad (born February 14, 1958 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German Protestant theologian and since December 2008 Church President of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate , based in Speyer .

Life and career

Church president Christian Schad at the ICE full conference 2013 in Düsseldorf

After studying theology in Bethel, Bonn and Tübingen, church preparatory service and ordination , Christian Schad took over the pastoral position in Weingarten together with his wife Gerlinde Wnuck-Schad in 1986 , together with student pastoral care at the Department of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies in Germersheim . In 1991 he became a theological consultant in the regional church council in Speyer with a focus on ecumenism , judaica , worship , liturgical work , agendas , hymn books , church music , training and further training for predicants .

In 1996 Schad became a lecturer at the Protestant Preachers' Seminar in Landau in the Palatinate . His focus in the training of vicars there was on homiletics , liturgy , hymnology and pastoral care .

In 1999 he was appointed senior church councilor and since then has been a department head in the regional church council for the areas of worship , church music , diakonia , ecumenism , missionary services and pastoral care .

In May 2008, Schad was elected Church President of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate. On December 1, he replaced Eberhard Cherdron , who retired for reasons of age. In November 2019, Schad announced that he would give up his office early in February 2021.

After he had already assumed the deputy chairmanship in 2012, the full conference of the Union of Evangelical Churches (UEK) elected him chairman in early November 2013.

From 2015 to 2018 he was the Protestant leader of the series of consultations on the subject of "Church and Church Fellowship " between the Community of Evangelical Churches in Europe (CPCE) and the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity .

In January 2019 Schad received an honorary doctorate from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and in March he was awarded the honor plaque of the city of Landau for his diverse and social commitment in the church and community .

Other bodies and activities

Publications (selection)

  • The Bible - more than a book! On Martin Luther's understanding of scripture. In: To watch the beautiful services of the Lord. Liturgische Blätter, 61–63, Speyer 1996, ISBN 3-925536-61-2 , pp. 43–61.
  • "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God". Martin Luther's interpretation of the 46th Psalm. In: Liturgische Blätter, 73, Speyer 2006, pp. 159–165.
  • Joy in the polyphony of the Holy Spirit. To the music in the room of the church. In: Gottfried Müller (ed.): Impulse and income. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Church President Eberhard Cherdron. Speyer 2008, ISBN 3-939512-08-7 , pp. 69-76.
  • Self-responsibility and community - the coexistence of generations as a challenge and opportunity for the church and municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate. In: Challenge for the state and municipalities. The design of demographic change in Rhineland-Palatinate, Part I. Documentation of the ZIRP Vol. 3, Idar-Oberstein 2010, ISBN 978-3-932515-55-2 , pp. 26–34.
  • Justification: God's yes to us! (Questions 60–64), in: Need to know. Heidelberg Contributions to the Heidelberg Catechism, ed. v. Helmut Schwier [and a.], Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8253-6131-0 , pp. 103-107.
  • “To be aligned with all the people”: Seven perspectives for a people's church in transition. In: Hartmut Joisten, Martin Schuck, Christian Schad (ed.): Heimat Kirche Pfalz - the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate in pictures and words. Speyer 2013, ISBN 978-3-939512-51-6 , pp. 91-105.
  • From the sustainable handling of the divine creation. In: Economy with a vision. Sustainability in Rhineland-Palatinate. Ed. V. of the Zukunftsinitiative Rheinland-Pfalz (ZIRP) eV, Mainz 2014, pp. 14–15.
  • Denominational Identity and Ecumenical Challenges. Notes on the upcoming Union anniversaries in 2017 , in: Una Sancta 72 (2017), pp. 30–38.
  • Living and shaping church fellowship. Reflections on being a church in the EKD , in: Klaus Bümlein [u. a.]: Friends of the Union, Speyer 2018 (Protestant Palatinate Texts 24), pp. 27–32.
  • On the contemporary meaning of the Palatinate Church Union of 1818 , in: Courageously ahead - 200 years of the Palatinate Church Union (texts, documents 6), Speyer 2018, ISBN 978-3-947534-01-2 , pp. 7-19.
  • with Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (Ed.): Report on the Church and Church Fellowship . Result of a series of consultations on behalf of the Community of Evangelical Churches in Europe and the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Paderborn / Leipzig 2019, ISBN 978-3-89710-819-6 or ISBN 978-3-374-06019-1 .
  • Numerous other homiletic and liturgical essays and treatises.

literature

  • Who is where in the Protestant Church? People and functions , ed. by Thomas Krüger u. a., Frankfurt am Main, 1999 ISBN 3-932194-29-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.evkirchepfalz.de/landeskirche/kirchenleitung/kirchenpraesident.html
  2. ↑ Palatinate regional synod: Christian Schad elected church president ; Audio contribution and interview in ProtCast Pfalz, May 29, 2008
  3. ↑ Palatinate: Church President Schad gives up office early in 2021 . In: evangelisch.de , November 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ Schad elected vice-chairman of the Union of Evangelical Churches ( memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; evkirchepfalz.de, November 3, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evkirchepfalz.de
  5. ↑ Christian Schad elected chairman of the Union of Evangelical Churches ( memento of November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); evkirchepfalz.de, November 8, 2013
  6. ↑ https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/nachrichten-mainz/ehrendoktorwurde-fur-zwei-theologen_19891591# . In: Allgemeine Zeitung , accessed April 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ Awarding of the plaque of honor of the city of Landau to Gerlinde Rahm, Christian Schad and Albrecht Hornbach on Saturday, April 13th / city of Landau. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Church president appointed to ecumenical committee ( memento of November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); evkirchepfalz.de, April 1, 2011
  9. ^ Church president Schad elected to the board ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ); evkirchepfalz.de, September 30, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Schad, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, Church President of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein