Jürgen Paschke

Jürgen Paschke (born May 9, 1952 in Bückeburg / Lower Saxony ) is a German Protestant theologian and publicist and since November 22, 2019 Federal Chairman of the Blue Cross in Germany (BKD) based in Wuppertal. He is co-editor of the Protestant magazines WIR and BLAU .

Professional background

After training as a banker , he switched to a Dutch business group. In 1975 he was appointed assistant to the general secretary of the Blue Cross addiction aid organization. From 1978 he studied theological and pedagogical studies, then he worked in community work and adult education in the Hanoverian Association of Regional Church Communities ; from 1991 to 2014 he was its country manager (Celle). During this time he was also responsible for the overall coordination of the annual Evangelical Congress in Celle with approx. 1200 participants from Northern Germany. In 2014 he was appointed director of the Malche Theological-Pedagogical Seminar in Porta Westfalica . He was voluntary for 30 years as regional chairman of the Blue Cross, Lower Saxony regional association, as well as the founder and coordinator of the Blue Cross of Russia (Moscow and St. Petersburg networks).

Journalism

Paschke is co-editor of the Christian magazine WIR and the magazine BLAU - the magazine for addiction and life issues . As part of the “KulTour” initiative he founded, he publishes the AndersArtig paperback series . Paschke is represented as an author in various anthologies ; among others in “Das Gedicht 2006” and the “Frankfurter Bibliothek” of the Brentano Society. Meditative texts and aphorisms by Paschke appear as picture text cards in the "HimmelsART" series.

Art and culture

• Paschke has been head of the Celle group of authors and founder of the “KulTour” initiative since 2006 .
• Paschke moderates the “Open Stage of Literature” in “Art & Stage” in Celle as well as vernissages in collaboration with atelier 22 in Celle.

source

• In excerpts from the Who's Who in the Federal Republic of Germany; 11th edition 2004