Irmela Hofmann

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Irmela Felicitas Anna Magdalena Hofmann , née Irmela Eberlein (born August 24, 1924 in Kupferberg / Hirschberg , † August 23, 2003 in Erbach ) was a German pastor and author .

Life

Irmela Felicitas Anna Magdalena Eberlein was born as the third of ten children. Her parents were the pastor Hellmuth Eberlein (1890–1957) and Hildegard, geb. Thiel (1899-1964).

After escaping in World War II , she lived with her family in Lorch (Württemberg) and married Horst-Klaus Hofmann on August 24, 1952 . Irmela and Horst-Klaus Hofmann had five children.

In 1948 she co-founded the Irenenring , an evangelical lay community for single women. After the marriage, she and her husband got involved in Christian youth work. In 1968 she and her husband founded the extended families of the Young Christians Offensive in Bensheim .

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Books
  • Life sentence. A committed contribution to the topic of marriage - today , sowing, Wuppertal 1972, ISBN 3-7615-0095-5 and 1987, ISBN 3-7615-3034-X
  • ... that's how the boys twitter too. A contribution to the conversation between young and old , 1973/1982, ISBN 3761531672
  • No day like any other , 1978, Aussaat Verlag, Wuppertal
  • will we still be able to love tomorrow? Opportunities and crises in marriage, family and friendship , OJC 1979
  • Encouragement to follow. Experiences and insights from liberating pastoral care , 1981, ISBN 376552249X
  • Do you know him , 1983, R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal
  • A cool guy - The beginning of a love , 1982, Brendow Verlag, Moers
  • Klaus stay cool - The crisis of a friendship , 1983, Brendow Verlag, Moers
  • When you pray ... Thoughts on the Lord's Prayer , 1987, ISBN 387067315X
  • Incitement - Chronicle of 20 years of extended family , 1988
  • When love falls Against loneliness for two , Brendow Moers 1991, ISBN 387067394X
  • Speechless for two? Ways to talk in partnership , Brunnen 1996/1997, ISBN 3765551740
  • Outbreak. Adventures of an Extended Family , Brunnen 1998/1999, ISBN 3765563293
  • Practice book Biblical Drama. Dialogues. Subjects. Roll. Costume suggestions , Hänssler 2002, ISBN 3775134158
Spectacles
  • Where is the third
  • Total loss

Honors

In 1989, Irmela Hofmann was awarded the Traugott Bender Prize by the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Lothar Späth, for her life's work and “exemplary work based on Christian freedom and responsibility in society and politics” .

Foundation, endowment

On August 24, 2004, the OJCOS Foundation was founded on the occasion of Irmela Hofmann's 80th birthday and the first anniversary of her death .

Quotes

"Love is the only currency that is still valid in heaven."

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personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Irmela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofmann, Irmela Felicitas Anna Magdalena (full name); Eberlein, Irmela (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Kupferberg , Hirschberg
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 2003
Place of death Erbach