Eckhard Steinhaeuser

Eckhard Steinhaeuser (born May 13, 1939 in Gera , Thuringia , † March 3, 2019 in Berlin ) was an Evangelical Lutheran theologian , diaconal scholar , committed social ethicist , military pastor , church councilor , department head in the Diakonisches Werk Bayern , director of the Diakonisches Werk Berlin-Brandenburg , Manager of the integration of the Diakonische Werke East and West after the German reunification (1989) and honored as holder of the Federal Cross of Merit .

Life

Stone houses studied Protestant theology in Neuendettelsau and Erlangen and Diakonie Sciences in Heidelberg . He took up his first pastor's position in Hirschegg (Kleinwalsertal) in 1964 . In 1969 he changed to the post of military pastor in the Bavarian location of Sonthofen .

Diakonia

From 1974 to 1988 the pastor, who had become a “Franconian by choice”, worked as a department head in the Diakonisches Werk of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria , Nuremberg . He was u. a. responsible for work with the elderly and refugee aid as well as for Bread for the World .

In 1988 Steinhaeuser was appointed head of the Diakonisches Werk Berlin (West) . Its successors, which from the Western Association of East emerged Diakonie Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz, he headed up to the handover to Church Councilor Susanne Kahl-Passoth in September 2002. Eckhard stone houses is the Chairman of the Social Service Agency Council, Bishop Wolfgang Huber adopted, been.

After reunification, the main focus of his work included the unification of eastern and western diakonia to form the Diakonisches Werk Berlin-Brandenburg, as well as the structural reform of the Diakonisches Werk for the Protestant umbrella organization for free welfare . Associated with this was the transfer of social services to the member organizations of the association, the stabilization of regional social and health services and the preservation of jobs.

The Protestant Diakonie in Berlin and Brandenburg has 370 member organizations in the field of social and health services . Over 48,000 employees, including 18,500 in Brandenburg , work full-time in the 1080 facilities.

Public and ecclesiastical offices

Steinhaeuser was active in numerous public and church offices. He was the Diakonie Commissioner of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia . He was a member of the board of directors of the former Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) , now RBB. Steinhaeuser was a member of the board of directors of the Deutsches Hilfswerk, as well as chairing the care committee of the state of Berlin . Since his retirement, Rev. Steinhaeuser has been in charge of the management of the Hilfswerk Berlin Foundation and its subsidiaries. Incidentally, this foundation is supported by the Berlin charities . So the Protestant church council still makes its contribution to the diaconal work.

Social pastoral positions

Age and Society

With a view to care for the elderly, for which Steinhaeuser was responsible for the Diakonisches Werk Bayern, the theologian pleaded against the "idolatry of youth into old age" and advocates that in our society one can "grow old and be old with dignity" . This does not mean, of course, "to push old people into a ghetto of passivity and incapacitate them through over-care, but to encourage them to participate actively in social life through incentives and offers that are age-appropriate." Here Steinhaeuser is in line with gerontology , as represented by Hans Thomae and Ursula Lehr .

Subsidiary aid

Hartmut Mehdorn , former CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG , had called for food serving for the homeless in the station mission at the zoo to be stopped, a statement that was controversial in public . A survey among rail customers of the working group “Living with the homeless”, however, showed that rail customers are more tolerant: When asked whether train stations should remain public places including food distribution , 1873 respondents answered “Yes”. Only 49 citizens rejected this. As a deaconry representative, Eckhard Steinhäuser stated that the food on offer at the Zoo station is necessary for socio-political reasons and should be maintained. Relocation is possible, "but at most as a supplement, not as a replacement for the offer."

Awards

In January 2002, paid tribute to President Johannes Rau , the life's work Steinhaeusers with the award of the Order of Merit, First Class.

Publications

• Presentation and evaluation of the five reports for the Monbijou Conference 1856 concerning Diakonie and the Diakonat , BDW.A DA 14, Heidelberg 1962
• On road. Self-published by the Diakonisches Werk of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in 1991. Düsseldorf issue 50 p. Drawings by Christian Hahn. Stories by Jörg Zink , Kobusch, Anneliese Probst u. a.
• The future viability of diaconal institutions. In: Diakonische Standpunkte 2001
• A monument to honorary work . In: Striter for the rights of those persecuted by the Nazi dictatorship . Walter Sylten on his 80th birthday. Friends, colleagues and contemporaries report on their encounters. Ed. On behalf of the Evangelical Aid Agency for People Who Had Been Persecuted by Vs. Hartmut Ludwig. Logos-Verlag, Berlin 2010.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary on the death of Rev. Eckhard Steinhaeuser, accessed on January 3, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b} ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Horizonte. Diakonische Standpunkte. Annual Report 2001 ), accessed on January 23, 2012
3. ^ Diakonisches Werk Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia , accessed on January 23, 2012
4. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Church Councilor Susanne Kahl-Passoth ) (PDF; 243 kB) accessed on January 23, 2012
5. ↑ Diakonie-Portal  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Diakonisches Werk Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia, accessed on January 23, 2012  
6. ^ Christiane Lehmacher-Dubberke.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Diakonisches Werk Berlin-Brandenburg-Oberlausitz, accessed on January 23, 2012  
7. ^ Diakonisches Werk Bayern. There is diakonia in all of us , accessed on January 25, 2012
8. ^ Community letter from the Protestant parish of Lenggries. October 1987  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 782 kB) accessed on January 23, 2012  
9. ↑ Article in: taz , January 25, 2002, accessed on January 23, 2012
10. ^ Diaconal Science Institute. Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg v. August 27, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2012
11. ↑ Volker Herrmann. Diaconal history online. Diaconal work of the Evangelical Church in Germany V. , accessed January 24, 2012
12. ↑ Walter Sylten. Member of the board of the Evangelical Aid Agency for Former Racially Persecuted Persons v. November 8, 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 24, 2012  
13. ↑ Creative House Berlin. Theater education center and multigenerational house. 2009 ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 24, 2012