Gerhard Klemm

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Gerhard Klemm (born June 12, 1928 ; † 2011 ) was a German clergyman and pastor in the Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden as well as a musician , singer and songwriter .

Life

Gerhard Klemm was born in East Prussia as the last of eight children to an atheist father and a Christian mother. While on prison term he experienced a personal conversion to the Christian faith. After training at the Theological Institute in Stuttgart, he was appointed church leader at the Free Christian Community of Elim in Bremen in 1955 . In the following years, Klemm became one of the most popular free church preachers in Germany. He taught at the Beröa Bible School until 1971 , founded and directed the Leuchter Verlag and shaped evangelical Christian songs with his songs. He sang in various music groups such as The Sunrise Singers or the Gospel Quartet, which is internationally successful in the Pentecostal Church, and has led several choirs. Today he is considered one of the creative pioneers of Christian media work in post-war Germany.

Gerhard Klemm married Gerda Schiller in 1952. The two had three daughters and one son. Klemm spent an active retirement in Canada, where he hosted the Christian television show 100 Huntley Street , among other things . In 1983 he founded Media Vision, a similar media company in Germany, which one year later was one of the pioneers of German private radio under his moderation with the program A fulfilled life in the cable pilot project in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . The media work of the BfP was one of the founding shareholders of Eureka TV , where Klemm continued the talk show until the end of the station in 1988. He died in 2011.

Works (selection)

Known songs

  • Longing (Jesus, you my sun)
  • Wonderful hours
  • Eternal Morning (Mañana)
  • Pilgrims, where is your home
  • Glorious Morning (Sign of the Times)
  • Over mountains and heights
  • Far above clouds

Discography

  • The day is gray. (Sela; Gerhard Klemm as speaker)
  • Jesus loves all children. (Sela; as a speaker with children)
  • I lift my eyes (Sela; single as speaker as well as with gospel quartet )
  • Jesus came and he comes back. (Sela; as speaker)
  • Good news to you. (Sela; single with The Sunrise Singers )
  • Only he is life. (Sela; single with The Sunrise Singers )
  • God means well with you. (Sela; LP with The Sunrise Singers )
  • The German Gospel Quartet. (Sela; LP with gospel quartet )
  • Day after day. (Sela; LP with: The Gideons )

literature

  • Gerhard Klemm: Gerhard, I called you by your name. An extraordinary biography. Skopus-Verlag, Hamburg, 1999, ISBN 3-00-004249-0
  • Ludwig David Eisenlöffel: Free Church Pentecostal Movement in Germany: Interior Views 1945-1985. V&R unipress, Göttingen, 2006, ISBN 9783899712759

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.asaphshop.de/Gerhard-ich-habe-dich-bei-deinem-Namen-haben
  2. ↑ http://www.portal-oncken.de/news/newsarchiv.php?lfdnr=1341
  3. ↑ Erling Eichholz: The development of Christian television in Germany since the introduction of private broadcasting in 1984 Presentation, held on April 16, 2012, archived at the Christian regional television in Augsburg
personal data
SURNAME Klemm, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman and pastor in the Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden as well as musicians, singers and songwriters
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1928
DATE OF DEATH 2011