Elke Werner

Elke Werner (* 1956 in Duisburg as Elke Brands ) is a German evangelical theologian, teacher and writer .

Life

Elke Brands studied Protestant theology and art as a teacher . She is co-founder and from April 2011 to July 2017 was the overall director of the Christ Meeting in Marburg . She also works as an author and speaker. Her main focus is on lectures and the promotion of women, especially in Germany and other European countries.

From 2005 to 2007 Elke Werner was Deputy Director for Western Europe of the Lausanne International Committee for World Evangelization. Since 2006 she has been a Senior Associate for Women in the international Lausanne movement . As part of this work, she founded the “WINGS” network in 2007 - “Women's International Network in God's Service”. At the Lausanne Congress in Cape Town in October 2010, she gave a speech to over 4,000 delegates in which she pleaded for equal opportunities for women and men in leadership positions in the Church.

She is a member of the ProChrist evangelism team and has been a member of the Presidium of World Vision Germany since 2008 . She is also involved in the Zinzendorf Institute in Marburg.

Private

She has been married to the linguist and theologian Roland Werner since 1983 .

Publications

• Theater for Jesus: pantomime and theater in the proclamation (with Roland Werner), Aussaat-Verlag , Neukirchen-Vluyn 1988, ISBN 978-3-7615-2877-8 .
• Speak louder, Lord! Sermons for young people (with Roland Werner), sowing, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1993/2002, ISBN 978-3-7615-3477-9 .
• The prayer garden. The Lord's Prayer experience (with Gideon Rath), seeding, Neukirchen 1997/2002, ISBN 978-3-7615-4938-4 .
• Women change this world. How women carry out God's commission today , Brunnen Verlag , Giessen 5th edition 2005, ISBN 978-3-76553836-0 .
• You are the god who sees me Shaping your own life as a woman , SCM R. Brockhaus , Witten, 3rd edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-41720615-9 .
• On the go and yet at home , Hänssler Verlag , Holzgerlingen 2002, ISBN 978-3-7751-3923-6 .
• I'm at home everywhere , Hänssler Verlag, Holzgerlingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-7751-4148-2 .
• Courage for tomorrow ... against fear and worries , Johannis-Verlag , Lahr 2005, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-3-50107182-3 .
• The little book for a birthday , Brunnen Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-76551957-4 .
• Silence - meeting the one who satisfies all longing , SCM R.Brockhaus, Witten 2nd edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-417-26296-4 .
• I believe - help my disbelief! The book for the annual solution 2020 , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-7751-5978-4 .
• We believe - help our unbelief! Deepen the annual solution together , SCM R.Brockhaus, Witten 2019, ISBN 978-3-417-26890-4 .
• Prayers before the operation. Taking steps with trust , Kawohl, Wesel 2019, ISBN 978-3-86338-482-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Elke Werner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Elke Werner  in the German Digital Library
• Christ meeting in Marburg
• Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (en.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Now the "Christ meeting" speaks ( memento of the original from August 19, 2017 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. 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} More than you think. In: Hinterländer Anzeiger of September 29, 2010, page 20.
3. ^ WINGS - Women's International Network in God's Service
4. ↑ http://www.lausanne.org/
5. ↑ proChrist: Redner , prochrist.org, accessed on June 22, 2016.
6. ↑ OUR TEAM - Zinzendorf Institute. Retrieved October 28, 2017 .