Gustav Gieselbusch
Gustav Gieselbusch (born May 2, 1872 in Berlin , † October 5, 1922 in Hamburg ) was a Baptist clergyman and director of the Baptist seminary in Hamburg-Horn .
Life
After his school education and a commercial apprenticeship, Gustav Gieselbusch matriculated at the Berlin University and studied Protestant theology . One of his teachers was the church historian Adolf von Harnack . As a member of a Baptist congregation, however, he was denied the opportunity to complete his studies with the national church examination, which was then exclusively the norm. Gieselbusch entered his father's business as a businessman and, in addition to his professional activity, served as a pastor in the Baptist church in Berlin, Wattstrasse. In 1910 he was appointed pastor of the Baptist Bethel Congregation in Berlin, Gubener Strasse 11, as successor to Eduard Scheves , and remained in this position until 1914. Gustav Gieselbusch was co-editor of the Hülfsboten , a theological journal for full-time and honorary employees of the German Baptists, from 1900 to 1911.
In July 1914, a few weeks before the outbreak of World War I , Gieselbusch was appointed director of the Hamburg-Horner Preachers' Seminar of German Baptists . Shortly after taking office, most of the Horner seminarians received their call-up orders. Teaching could only take place to a limited extent, especially since shortly after the start of the winter semester, teachers were also called up for military service. Despite the events of the war, the extension of the seminary that had begun was completed in 1915 under the directorate of Gieselbusch. However, teaching had to be completely stopped from July 1916, as only a maximum of ten students took part in the lessons. In September of the same year, Gustav Gieselbusch received his call-up as a stage officer and returned from the world war in 1918 seriously ill. On January 8, 1919, the seminary was reopened. Looking back on the first post-war year, Gieselbusch wrote in an annual report: “How badly the conditions have changed in our German fatherland, we were impressed over two days: once on January 27 [1919], which we contrary to previous custom and still Living wishes had to pass without commemorating the emperor , who is now persecuted by hostile hatred and folk misunderstanding, and on May 1st, on which, at the command of the new rulers in the People's State of Hamburg, the Revolutionary Festival was celebrated by failing to teach. [...] Nevertheless, true to the commandment of Scripture, we willingly submitted to the new government after it was confirmed by popular elections. "
Gustav Gieselbusch's last years of service and life were overshadowed by a serious illness which he contracted during the First World War and of which he died in 1922.
meaning
Even if Gieselbusch's life's work “remained fragmentary due to his early death”, his influence on German Baptism should not be underestimated. Through his numerous publications in the Hülfsboten on specific questions of practical community life , he had a lasting effect as a renewer of the community structure in the third generation of his free church . In this context, his commitment to the service of women in community development is particularly worthy of mention . His work Why We Baptists was particularly effective among young Baptist youths and young adults . He achieved further importance, among other things, by representing Baptist theology at non-denominational and international congresses. He also gave important lectures at the first European Baptist Congress in Berlin in 1908: “Development and Status of Baptism in Germany” (Official Report, 130–142) and “Baptism and the Modern World View”, (290–294); he also presented the impact of the Congress in the press (371–382).
family
Gustav Gieselbusch was married to Berta Gieselbusch (1875–1956), daughter of the Baptist pastor Eduard Scheve , since 1897 . After the early death of her husband, she worked as a supervisor in a banknote printing plant for the family. Among other things, she is considered to be the co-founder of the women's service of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches (Baptists) . From 1929 to 1942 she was also its chairman. Hermann Gieselbusch (1899–1976) emerged from his marriage to Berta Gieselbusch, who held leading positions in the Evangelical Free Churches Association in the 1950s.
Fonts in selection
- Why are we Baptists? - A question of conscience. Edited for our youth from history , Cassel 1922.
- But we hoped ...! , Cassel 1919.
- Community movement and free church , in: Zeitschrift Der Hilfsbote , 1911, p. 139ff.
- Modern Anabaptism and Religious Progress , in: Fifth World Congress for Free Christianity and Religious Progress. Berlin August 5 to 10, 1910. Protocol of the negotiations , Volume 2, Berlin-Schöneberg 1911 (edited by Max Fischer and Friedrich Michael Schiele), pp. 650–663.
- The Mennonite, Baptist, Theosophical, Evangelical, and Methodist Religious Communities. Five lectures given by DJG Appeldoorn, Gustav Gieselbusch, J.Th. Heller, R. Kücklich and P. Gustav Junker at the 5th World Congress for Free Christianity and Religious Progress, Berlin 1910 , Berlin-Schöneberg 1911.
- The Need and Importance of Women's Service in the Church , 1909.
- The new creed of the German Baptists , in: Zeitschrift Der Hülfsbote 29, 1909, 124-132.
- Article Spurgeon, Charles Haddon , in: Realenzyklopädie, Volume 18, 3rd edition, 1906, pp. 607ff
- On the single cup movement , in: Der Hülfsbote , Volume 24, 1904, pp. 213–219.
literature
- Hans Luckey : Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the seminary , Hamburg 1930, pp. 63–68.
- Günter Balders (Ed.): Festschrift. 100 years of the theological seminar of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches. 1880–1980 , Wuppertal and Kassel 1980, ISBN 3-7893-7874-7 .
- Günter Balders: One Lord - One Faith - One Baptism. 150 years of Baptists in Germany , Kassel 1984, p. 346f (short biography Gustav Gieselbusch )
- Astrid Giebel: Renewal of the diaconate in the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches , in: Supplement ( On the way to the diaconate ) to the magazine Theologisches Dialog , 3/2001 (also available online )
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Gieselbusch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography of Gustav Gieselbusch on the homepage of the Theological Seminary (University of Applied Sciences) Elstal ; Accessed May 5, 2010
- Gustav Gieselbusch in the BEFG's historical lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Geldbach : Freikirchen: Erbe, Gestalt und Effect , Issue 70 in the series Bensheimer Hefte (publisher Evangelischer Bund), Göttingen 2005, p. 175.
- ↑ Short biography of Gustav Gieselbusch on the homepage of the Theological Seminary in Elstal ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed May 5, 2010.
- ^ Günter Balders: One Lord - One Faith - One Baptism. 150 Years of Baptists in Germany , Kassel 1984, p. 346f. (Biography article Gustav Gieselbusch )
- ^ Günter Balders, Festschrift. 100 years of the theological seminar of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches. 1880–1980 , Wuppertal and Kassel 1980, ISBN 3-7893-7874-7 , p. 119.
- ^ Günter Balders: Festschrift. 100 years of the theological seminar of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches. 1880–1980 , Wuppertal and Kassel 1980, ISBN 3-7893-7874-7 , p. 120.
- ↑ Short biography of Gustav Gieselbusch on the homepage of the Theological Seminary in Elstal (University of Applied Sciences) ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2013 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. ; accessed on May 6, 2010.
- ↑ This refers to the first free Hamburg city council elections on March 16, 1919.
- ↑ Horner Faith Spaniards. News from the seminary of German Baptists (two-month supplement on witnessing the truth ); quoted from Günter Balders: Festschrift. 100 years of the theological seminar of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches. 1880–1980 , Wuppertal and Kassel 1980, ISBN 3-7893-7874-7 , p. 120.
- ^ Günter Balders: One Lord - One Faith - One Baptism. 150 Years of Baptists in Germany , Kassel 1984, p. 346f.
- ↑ Astrid Giebel: Every Christian a Deacon , p. 5 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; viewed on May 9, 2010.
- ↑ Gustav Gieselbusch: Why are we Baptists? - A question of conscience. Edited for our youth from history , Cassel 1922.
- ^ For example, at the 5th World Congress for Free Christianity and Religious Progress in August 1910 ; see: Max Fischer / Friedrich Michael Schiele: Protocol of Negotiations , Volume 2, Berlin-Schöneberg 1911, pp. 650–663.
- ^ Günter Balders: One Lord - One Faith - One Baptism. 150 Years of Baptists in Germany , Kassel 1984, p. 346 (short biography Berta Gieselbusch )
- ^ Günter Balders: One Lord - One Faith - One Baptism. 150 years of Baptists in Germany , Kassel 1984, p. 347 (biography article by Dr. Hermann Gieselbusch )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gieselbusch, Gustav |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Baptist pastor, director of the German Baptist Seminary (1914–1922) |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1872 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1922 |
Place of death | Hamburg |