Christian Stäblein

Bishop Christian Stäblein

Christian Stäblein (born November 1, 1967 in Bad Pyrmont , Lower Saxony ) is a German Evangelical - Lutheran theologian and since November 16, 2019 Bishop of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .

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Christian Stäblein is the son of Renate Löhr and stepson of Oda-Gebbine Holze-Stäblein . He grew up in Hanover and, after graduating from high school, initially devoted himself to law . Then he took up the study of Protestant theology and combined it with secondary studies in the subjects of Jewish Studies , Philosophy , History and Law in Göttingen, Berlin and Jerusalem. After completing his studies and the two theological exams, he was pastor in the parish in Lengede in the Peine district .

From 2001 to 2005 Stäblein was a research assistant at the Chair of Practical Theology at the University of Göttingen , where he received his doctorate in 2002 with a dissertation on the subject of preaching after the Holocaust . From April 2005 he was pastor at St. Martins Church in Nienburg an der Weser . In December 2007 he was appointed Conventual Director of Studies of the Loccum Preachers' Seminar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover and took up the post in April 2008. During his time, the seminary developed into a joint training center for the Protestant churches in Lower Saxony and Bremen. From 2013 to spring 2018 he was a member of the editorial team of the Göttingen Sermon Meditations. He has been publishing the sermon studies since autumn 2018.

Stäblein was elected provost in the first ballot on November 14, 2014 by the Synod of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO) . As provost, he was the theological director of the EKBO consistory in Berlin and was therefore responsible for fundamental theological issues. Department 2 in the consistory, "Theology and Church Life", which he heads, also includes the coordination of the content of various work areas, including a. Diakonie, ecumenism and journalism as well as the EKBO media house. He was also the bishop's deputy. He took office as provost on August 16, 2015. Its introduction took place on September 4, 2015 in the St. Bartholomew Church in Berlin-Friedrichshain .

On April 5, 2019, he was elected by the regional synod in the second ballot with a two-thirds majority to succeed Markus Dröge as Bishop of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. On November 16, 2019, Stäblein was introduced to the office of bishop in the Marienkirche in Berlin.

Christian Stäblein is married to Anke Stäblein and has four children.

Memberships (selection)

Member of the regional synod of the EKBO

Chairman of the church leadership of the EKBO
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Evangelical University Berlin (EHB)
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute "Church and Judaism"
Member of the shareholders' meeting of the Evangelical Academy in Berlin
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Evangelical Diakonissenhaus Berlin Teltow Lehnin
Representation of EKBO on the board of the Evangelical Press Association (EPV) Ost eV, chair of the board

Works

Preaching after the Holocaust. The Jewish counterpart in Protestant preaching doctrine after 1945 . Göttingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-525-62381-7 .
with Alexander Deeg and Michael Meyer-Blanck : preaching present. A pamphlet against the ideologization of the “free” pulpit speech . Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-62001-4 .
with Traugott Wrede: songs, light and passion. Quality in the church . Hanover 2012, ISBN 978-3-7859-1049-8 .
with Jochen Arnold and Frank Fuchs, On the trail of life. With literature services through the church year . Hanover 2013, ISBN 978-3-7859-1088-7 .
with Arend de Vries : pictures of penance. Johanneskapelle Kloster Loccum, Hanover 2013, ISBN 978-3-7859-1138-9 .
with Horst Hirschler and Hans Otte : keep your word - yesterday, today, tomorrow. Festschrift for the 850th anniversary of the Loccum monastery . Göttingen 2013 ISBN 978-3-525-55066-3 .

Easter: festival of seeing. "Harbingers of Resurrection" by Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge (1867), in: Hans-Georg Ulrichs (ed.) Preaching pictures. Church services with works of art, (Dienst am Wort Volume 152), Göttingen, 2013, pp. 47–55

The future of the special relationship between state and church in Germany. A practical-theological and political diagnosis, Zeitschrift für Evangelisches Kirchenrecht 60 (2/2015), pp. 131–146 2

Confession and Canon Law. Using the example of the equality of the blessing of a couple in a registered civil partnership with wedding services, Zeitschrift für Evangelisches Kirchenrecht, 62 (1/2017), pp. 27–40

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Careful Reformer. November 14, 2019, accessed May 14, 2020 . /
↑ the church. Evangelical weekly newspaper, September 13, 2015, 21st year, p. 2
^ Epd: Christian Stäblein becomes the new bishop in Berlin. In: evangelisch.de. April 5, 2019, accessed April 5, 2019 .
^ Evangelisch.de: Theologian Christian Stäblein takes over the office of bishop in Berlin , November 17, 2019

predecessor	Office	successor
Markus Dröge	Bishop of the Ev. Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia since 2019

personal data
SURNAME	Stäblein, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran theologian, bishop
DATE OF BIRTH	November 1, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Pyrmont , Lower Saxony

[1] Süddeutsche Zeitung: Careful Reformer. November 14, 2019, accessed May 14, 2020 . /

[2] the church. Evangelical weekly newspaper, September 13, 2015, 21st year, p. 2

[3] Epd: Christian Stäblein becomes the new bishop in Berlin. In: evangelisch.de. April 5, 2019, accessed April 5, 2019 .

[4] Evangelisch.de: Theologian Christian Stäblein takes over the office of bishop in Berlin , November 17, 2019