Elisabeth Mittelstädt

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Elisabeth Mittelstädt , née Elisabeth Radnic (born April 18, 1946 in Subotica , Vojvodina, Yugoslavia ) is a Hungarian editor , publicist , publisher and founder of the Christian women's magazine Lydia .

Life

Elisabeth Radnic grew up with her six sisters in a Catholic family in Yugoslavia. After finishing school she was denied further studies in order to become a teacher and writer. In 1959 she began an apprenticeship as a seamstress and learned to design and sew clothes. In autumn 1963 she fled to Austria, where she stayed in a camp for a few weeks and applied for political asylum. It turned out that at that time only Australia accepted refugees, which was out of the question for them as a destination country. So she returned to her homeland, where she continued to work in her profession.

In 1968 she left for Germany and studied until 1971 at the Beröa Theological Seminary in Erzhausen , where she also met her future husband, the Canadian Ditmar Mittelstädt. During the first internship at the summer camp for children in Ada / Yugoslavia, she received support from her mentors, lecturer Paul Williscroft and his wife Gladys. Last year, he worked abroad in a kibbutz in Israel. The engagement took place in her homeland in 1971, after which she emigrated to Canada, where the wedding took place in Vancouver / British Columbia in 1972 . They then moved to Santa Ana, California so that her husband could complete his theology studies at Vanguard University of Southern California in Costa Mesa and Biola University in La Mirada . In 1976/77 she worked at Clerk Wycliffe Bible Translators in Orange County (California) , then together with her husband in the Calvary Temple Congregation in Chicago , Illinois. In 1980 she graduated from the Assemblies of God Graduate School , Springfield, Missouri.

After returning to Germany, where her husband took up the position of director of the German branch of the International Correspondence Institute (ICI) in 1981, she worked as a missionary until 1985. Since 1984 she has suffered from chronic pain as a result of incorrect dental treatment, which severely restricted her work. During this time, the desire grew to run a magazine for women to share their experiences through stories with those "who want strength and comfort from God in the midst of their pain." In 1986 she founded the Lydia publishing house in Asslar , which she ran with her husband until 2009. The publishing house has belonged to Gerth Medien since the beginning of 2010. Until 2013 she was the editor-in-chief of Lydia , the quarterly Christian women's magazine with the highest circulation in Germany , with 75,000 copies . The magazine has been published in Romanian and Hungarian since 1992 with the support of the “Lydia International Foundation” and in 2016 reached readers in 101 countries with a circulation of 160,000 copies.

From 1992 to 2000 Mittelstädt was director of Hope for Europe - women's leadership organization , a collaboration between the three large evangelical organizations “AD2000 an Beyond”, “ Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization ” and the “Commission for Women's Issues of the World Evangelical Fellowship”. She has been married to the theologian Ditmar Mittelstädt since 1972.

Honors

  • Her biography was recorded in Who's Who in the World in 1998.
  • She was named one of the “Outstanding People of the 20th Century” by the International Biographical Center in Cambridge.
  • In 2001 she was named “Woman of the Year” in recognition of her longstanding contribution to Christian print media.

Publications

as editor

  • Lydia - the book , Lydia Verlag, Aßlar 1996, ISBN 978-3-00-000408-7 .
  • Sitting by the star for a bit ...: wonderful memories, stimulating ideas; a Christmas book that moves hearts , Brunnen Verlag , Giessen 1999, 5th edition 2004, ISBN 978-3-7655-3790-5 ; with translations into Croatian, Romanian, Serbian and Hungarian.
  • Miracles that move the heart , Brunnen Verlag, Gießen 2003, ISBN 978-3-7655-1838-6 .
  • Women encounter God: the New Testament with devotions for a whole year , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2004, ISBN 978-3-7655-1869-0 ; Gerth Medien, Aßlar 2012, ISBN 978-3-86591-723-2 .
  • Ade superwoman !: escape the trap of comparison , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2005, ISBN 978-3-7655-1898-0 .
  • Every darkness is followed by a light: Encouraging things for depressive times , Brunnen Verlag, Gießen 2005, ISBN 978-3-7655-1899-7 .
  • I'm getting older - so what ?: satisfied and purposeful from midlife to old age , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2005, ISBN 978-3-7655-1936-9 .
  • A smile for every day , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2005, ISBN 978-3-7655-8840-2 .
  • Gifts that heaven sends: wonderful answers to everyday prayers , Brunnen Verlag, Gießen 2007, 2nd edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-7655-4092-9 .
  • Girlfriends for life: ... how we find and keep them , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2007, ISBN 978-3-7655-1966-6 .
  • Occasionally stormy: mothers and daughters - relationship stories , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7655-1905-5 .
  • A blessing for every day , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen, 2008 ISBN 978-3-7655-7001-8 .
  • Life doesn't always seem fair: How to gain courage to get through difficult times , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7655-1731-0 .
  • Then I heard God talking to me , Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7655-1732-7 .
  • Christmas miracles: true stories that move the heart , Gerth Medien, Aßlar 2010, ISBN 978-3-86591-551-1 .
  • A psalm in my heart: with the psalms through the year, evening prayers , Gerth Medien, Aßlar 2013, ISBN 978-3-86591-909-0 .
  • A breath of heaven: comforted in times of grief , Gerth Medien, Aßlar 2014, ISBN 978-3-86591-978-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Elisabeth Mittelstädt: Vita
  2. ^ Women's magazine "Lydia" changes owner , pro-medienmagazin.de, news from November 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Foundation Lydia International ( Memento from January 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), lydia.net
  4. ↑ 30 years of Christian women's magazine “Lydia” , Idea , article from February 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Elisabeth Mittelstädt: Brief Vita ( Memento from January 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) filia.de
  6. ↑ About: Lydia ( Memento from January 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), lydia.net
  7. ^ Hope For Europe Network - Women in Leadership History , hfe.org, accessed November 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ The man behind LYDIA , adam-online-magazin.de, interview of March 7, 2007.
  9. ↑ Bigger than My Dreams (autobiography), Aßlar 2011, p. 314f.
personal data
SURNAME Mittelstädt, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Radnic, Elisabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian editor, publicist, publisher and founder of the Christian women's magazine Lydia
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Subotica , Vojvodina, Yugoslavia