Helge Adolphsen

Helge Adolphsen in 1975 in the Paul Gerhardt parish in Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf

Helge Adolphsen (born October 10, 1940 in Schleswig ) is a Lutheran theologian and long-time senior pastor at St. Michaelis in Hamburg .

Live and act

Helge Adolphsen began his ecclesiastical career in 1968 when he took over a parish parish in Kiel-Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf . From 1979 to 1981 he was also the Deputy Provost in Kiel.

In 1981 Adolphsen switched to military chaplaincy and became Evangelical Defense District Dean I in Kiel for six years.

In 1987 he took over the post of senior pastor at the Hamburg Michel from Hans-Jürgen Quest and held this position for 18 years until his retirement in 2005. Alexander Röder was his successor .

Other functions

• Member of the New Generation Board of Directors

Publications

Helge Adolphsen published numerous articles on sermon studies and life issues, among others

• Praise of life. The meaning of the mature years .

literature

• Thomas Krüger, Carola Wolf, Udo Hahn (eds.): Who is where in the Protestant Church? People and functions. Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-932194-29-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Helge Adolphsen in the catalog of the German National Library

predecessor	Office	successor
Hans Jürgen Quest	Senior Pastor at St. Michaelis 1987-2005	Alexander Roeder