Fritz Laubach

Fritz Laubach (born January 31, 1926 in Lüchow ) is a German Protestant theologian and author .

Life

Fritz Laubach was born in Lüchow, Lower Saxony. During his time as a prisoner of war, the decision was made to study theology. Laubach began his studies first in Marburg , in 1948 he switched to the University of Tübingen . There he received his doctorate in 1955 under Professor Gerhard Rosenkranz with a thesis on the evangelical missionary pioneer Justinian von Welz . He was involved in the student mission in Germany (SMD) and later became its first travel secretary. From 1955 to 1959 he worked as a pastor in the Free Evangelical Church in Siegen-Geisweid . From 1959 to 1966 he was a lecturer at the Ewersbach Theological Seminary .

After the death of Friedrich Heitmüller , Laubach was appointed to the leadership of the Free Evangelical Congregation in Northern Germany in 1966. At the same time he became pastor of the FeG Hamburg-Holstenwall. In 1968 he became chairman of the "Elim Foundation", today the Free Evangelical Congregation Foundation in Northern Germany , which was fundamentally renewed during his tenure. From 1977 until his retirement in 1991 Laubach was the head of the Diakonie.

From 1984 to 1991 he was chairman of the German Evangelical Alliance . In 1993 he gave up his mandate on the main board for reasons of age. From 1986 to 1999 he was chairman of the aid organization Help for Brothers and the development aid organization Christian Specialists International (CFI). From 1968 to 1984 he was a member of the board of the Evangeliums-Rundfunks (ERF) based in Wetzlar .

With his 1972 book Aufbruch der Evangelicals , the term “ evangelical ” ( according to the gospel ) from the Anglo-American language area established itself in the German-speaking world.

Fritz Laubach is married to his wife Renate.

Works

• Justinian von Welz and his plan for a mission society within the German and English society and missionary efforts of the 17th century . Dissertation Tübingen 1955.
• The Lord's Supper: Its Meaning according to the New Testament . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1957.
• (with Friedhelm Schirmer :) Guide for Biblical Lessons: An aid for Sunday school, children's worship, Bible class . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1964.
• The Letter to the Hebrews ( Wuppertal Study Bible ). R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1967.
• Departure of the Evangelicals . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1972.
• Church of Jesus on the way to the end times . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1973.
• Illness and healing from a biblical perspective . Bundes-Verlag, Witten / R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1976. - Revised new edition: Lord, heal me! Illness and healing from a biblical perspective . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal / Zurich 1991.
• The Prophet Zechariah ( Wuppertal Study Bible ). R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1984.
• (Ed. :) Justinian von Welz: An Austrian as a thought leader and pioneer of world missions. His writings . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal / Zurich 1989. - Reprint: Justinian von Welz. An Austrian as a thought leader and pioneer of world missions. All writings (studies on the history of Christian movements of the Reformation tradition in Austria; 4). Publishing house for culture and science, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-938116-93-7
• (Mithrsg. :) What Evangelicals Believe: The Evangelical Alliance's Belief Base Explained . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1989.
• The first book of the chronicle ( Wuppertal Study Bible ). R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2000.
• Lord heal me! Taste the power of God . Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2000.
• Christians in the end times . Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2006.

Web links

• Literature by and about Fritz Laubach in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Fritz Laubach  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Erhard Baum: We owe him a lot. For the 85th birthday of Dr. Fritz Laubach . In: Christianity today . No. 1 , 2011.
2. ↑ "God is good for surprises". Interview with Dr. Fritz Laubach . In: Christianity today . No. 1 , 2011.
3. ^ History from 1966. In: fegn.de. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011 ; accessed on August 19, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Dr. Fritz Laubach, on the “Awakening of the Evangelicals”. In: ead.de. January 30, 2001, archived from the original on April 21, 2016 ; accessed on August 19, 2020 . 
5. ^ Fritz Laubach turns 90. In: ead.de. January 26, 2016, archived from the original on January 31, 2016 ; accessed on August 19, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Peter Strauch : A person through whom I was blessed. (pdf; 3.8 MB) In: EiNS magazine on allianzhaus.de. January 2011, pp. 24-25 , accessed on August 19, 2020 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Manfred Otto	First chairman of the German Evangelical Alliance 1984–1991	Jürgen Stabe