Heinrich Christian Rust

Heinrich Christian Rust (born August 9, 1953 in Bückeburg , Lower Saxony , Germany ) is a German Baptist clergyman, theologian and author who is close to the charismatic movement within the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches (BEFG). He is married and has three children.

Life

In 1974 Heinrich Christian Rust graduated from the District Trade College in Rinteln . After studying theology, he worked from 1979 to 1983 as a state youth pastor in Lower Saxony and then from 1983 to 1996 as pastor of the Evangelical Free Church Community (Baptists) in Hanover-Walderseestrasse. In 1992 he was at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven with his dissertation The Salvation of Children. Religious education in the German Baptist doctorate . In 1996 he took over the management of the department for community development in the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in Germany. From 2003 to 2019 he was pastor of the Braunschweiger Friedenskirche. As a lecturer for spirituality, pneumatology, church building and leadership, he works at the Institute for World Mission and Church Building (IGW), the Academy for Christian Leaders and in the Bible School of the Faith Center Bad Gandersheim. Rust is a co-initiator and on the advisory board and the Christian Health Congress Germany. He is involved in ecumenical dialogue in the Christian Convent Germany (CCD) and advocates the interaction of the four basic dimensions of Christian ecumenism: the ecumenism of truth, hearts, mission and worship.

Memberships

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• 1985–1996 member of the federal management of the BEFG Germany
• 1985–1995 spokesman for the “Community and Charisma” working group in the BEFG
• 1985–1990 member of the European Charismatic Council
• 1995–2005 Spokesman for the Circle of Charismatic Leaders in Germany (KCL)
• 1996–2002 head of the working group “ Evangelical Christians-Baptists ” in the BEFG
• Since 1999 editorial board of the magazine Aufatmen
• Since 2000 editorial board of the magazine " Neues Leben "
• 2002–2010 Head of Spiritual Community Renewal (GGE) in the BEFG in Germany
• 2006–2018 Chairman of the Christian Health Congress Germany
• Since 2007 member of the board of trustees of the foundation "Network Charity" (Braunschweiger Friedenskirche)
• Since 2009 lecturer at the Institute for Community Housing and World Mission (IGW)
• 2009–2012 Chairman of the Institute for Community Housing and World Mission Germany (IGW)
• Since 2010 member of the GGE sponsors in BEFG Germany
• 2013–2018 board member of the association "Overcoming Divorce"
• 2013–2018 board member of IGW International
• Since 2014 lecturer at the Biblical School Belief Center Bad Gandersheim
• Since 2015 lecturer at the Academy for Christian Leaders
• Since 2016 editorial board of the magazine "Movo"
• Since 2016 co-initiator and member of the coordination group "Christian Convent Germany" (CCD)
• Since 2018 advisory board member in the Christian Health Congress Germany
• Since 2018 board member of the Academy of Christian Leaders (ACF)
• Member of the board of trustees of Ignis Akademie Kitzingen since 2019
• Member of the board of trustees of GODNEWS eV Hamburg since 2019

Publications (selection)

• Small handbook of youth evangelism. GJW Lower Saxony.
• We are far too happy. Kassel 1982, ISBN 3-7893-2850-2 .
• Go new ways. Wuppertal, Kassel 1991, ISBN 3-7893-7195-5 (editor).
• Work and Let Work: Principles of Spiritual Direction. Wuppertal, Kassel 1993, ISBN 3-7893-7199-8 (editor).
• Promise Keepers: Men who keep their word. When dreams come true. Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-89490-223-X .
• I'm waiting for you. Conversations between God and man. Asslar 1998, ISBN 3-89490-199-3 .
• Love the church - lead the church. Wuppertal, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7893-1168-5 .
• And if the world were full of devils ... Christians grappling with dark forces. Asslar 2002, ISBN 3-89490-404-6 , 2nd revised edition: Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-937896-55-7 .
• How our Christianity can become new. The 5x5 course . Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-87939-010-X .
• Praying: 7 Reasons I Do It Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2006, ISBN 978-3-937896-34-2 .
• Serve charismatically. Live gift-oriented. Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-87939-401-6 .
• Church of the future. Breaking out of stagnation. Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-87939-805-4 .
• Relevant community. Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-87939-807-2 .
• Above all, love. Ten sermons. Kassel 2011, ISBN 978-3-87939-616-0
• Spirit of God source of life. Basics of a missional pneumatology. Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-86256-032-5 .
• Prophetically living-prophetically serving. The discovery of a forgotten gift. SCM R.Brockhaus, Witten 2014, ISBN 978-3-417-26606-1 .
• Lord is it you On the gift of discerning spirits . SCM R.Brockhaus, Witten 2017, ISBN 978-3-417-26809-6 .
• Dynamic community. Emotional. Capable. Commissioned . Oncken-Verlag , Kassel 2017, ISBN 978-3-87939-808-9 .
• Heal, comfort, accompany. The healing competence of the Christian community, Neufeld Verlag, Cuxhaven 2019, ISBN 978-3-86256-151-3

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinrich Christian Rust in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Heinrich Christian Rust  in the German Digital Library
• Heinrich Christian Rust at the Braunschweiger Friedenskirche
• Michael Bendorf (ed.): Where the spirit blows. Contributions to the Kingdom of God theology and community practice. Festschrift for Heinrich Christian Rust. Neufeld-Verlag Cuxhaven 2019, ISBN 978-3-86256-099-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gisa Bauer: Evangelical Movement and Evangelical Church in the Federal Republic of Germany (=  work on contemporary church history . Series B: Representations, No. 53 ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-525-55770-9 , pp. 775 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} acf.de - Dr. Heinrich Christian Rust ( Memento of the original from August 23, 2016 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.