Horst Borkowski

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Horst Borkowski (1981)

Horst Borkowski (born September 13, 1921 in Kiel ; † July 12, 2012 in Offenburg ) was a German Baptist pastor . He became known as the founder of the Missionary Actions in South America (MASA), which is now integrated into the European Baptist Mission and oversees more than fifty aid projects in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Peru and Portugal.

Life

Horst Borkowski survived the Second World War seriously wounded and came to Canada as a prisoner of war . Here he made the decision to become a clergyman. After his release, he therefore applied for a place at the Theological Seminary of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches , which had its seat in Hamburg, but was evacuated to Wiedenest in 1943 as a result of severe bomb damage . In 1946 Borkowski was enrolled.

The three-year course was followed by a period of vicariate in the Baptist church in Gladbeck . In 1952 Borkowski was recognized as a pastor of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches (BEFG) and moved to Mannheim three years later . Borkowski's other places of employment were Reutlingen (1963 - 1972) and Düsseldorf (1972 - 1981). Then the management of the BEFG appointed him as head of unit within their field mission. Horst Borkowski provided this service until he retired in 1986.

Borkowski spent his old age in Offenburg, where he died in 2012 at the age of 90.

Missionary Actions in South America (MASA)

In 1969, Horst Borkowski accepted the invitation to evangelize for six months among inhabitants of German origin in Argentina and southern Brazil . During this time, his wife Bertraud Borkowski visited, among other things, the Liebich orphan colony in Ijuí . Horst Borkowski published the shared impressions in a book and thus caused consternation in the circles of the German Evangelical Free Churches. In 1972, on the initiative of Borkowski, Missionary Actions in South America (MASA) was founded . This organization initially saw its task as supporting missionary-diaconal projects in Argentina and Brazil. Among other things, the Liebich children's home mentioned above, the work among Toba Indians in the Chaco and among border residents in the Vila Bela / Mato Grosso area were funded . Other projects - including the establishment of a Bible school in Ijui - followed. In 1980 a new field of work was opened in Peru . In 1992 missionary work expanded to Bolivia and in 1998 reached Cuba .

The MASA have been integrated into the European Baptist Mission since 1979, but have their own focus of work.

literature

  • Dietrich Weiand: Hope for shadow children. 40 years of MASA in Latin America , Ahnatal / Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-940232-03-8
  • EBM / MASA (ed.): When the sky touches the earth ... 50 years of EBM, 35 years of MASA. Festschrift , Wustermark 2004
  • Horst Borkowski: That is South America too. Evangelist among colonists and Indians , Wuppertal 1971, ISBN 3-7893-0421-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MASA Community: project descriptions (PDF file; 1.34 MB); accessed on July 14, 2012
  2. ^ History of the Liebich Children's Home (Portuguese); Section: Começa a parceria com a Alemanha ; accessed on February 11, 2010
  3. ↑ Horst Borkowski: That too is South America. Evangelist among colonists and Indians , Wuppertal 1971, ISBN 3-7893-0421-2
  4. ↑ MASA Chronicle 1972 - 2003 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2007 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 on February 11, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ebm-masa.org
personal data
SURNAME Borkowski, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baptist pastor
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2012
Place of death Offenburg