Gerhard Grenz

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Gerhard Grenz (born November 19, 1930 in Hamburg ; † April 24, 2015 ) was a theologian , pastor , religious educator and hymn author.

Grenz was pastor in various congregations and in the inter-congregational diaconal service, since 1983 he worked as a religious educator in Kassel.

In 1973, together with Friedrich Karl Barth and Peter Horst , he wrote the agende "Human Divine Service" .

Gerhard Grenz is co-author of the hymn Child you are entrusted to us (contained in different regional parts of the Evangelical Hymnal ).

literature

  • Wolfgang Töllner (Hrsg.): Small reference work on the Protestant hymn book. Edition for the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Bavaria and Thuringia. Evangelischer Presseverband für Bayern eV, Munich undated [1996], ISBN 3-583-12400-6 , p. 48.

Individual evidence

  1. Friedrich Karl Barth, Gerhard Grenz, Peter Horst (Ed.): Gottesdienst Menschlich . An agenda. Complete edition edition. Hammer, Wuppertal, ISBN 3-87294-414-2 (revised summary of the volumes Gottesdienst Menschlich 1 ISBN 3-7795-7310-5 and 2 ISBN 3-7795-7335-0 , Jugenddienst-Verlag).