Jürgen Werth
Jürgen Werth (born May 14, 1951 in Lüdenscheid ) is a German journalist , book author and songwriter . From 1994 to 2014 he was director of the Evangeliums-Rundfunks and full-time chairman of the board of ERF Medien in Germany. He lives as a freelance writer in Wetzlar .
Live and act
Werth began writing his own songs at the age of 14. He completed an apprenticeship as a journalist at the Westfälische Rundschau in Hagen , Lüdenscheid and Dortmund . From 1973 he was employed by Evangeliums-Rundfunk (today ERF Medien) in Wetzlar . From 1977 to 1984 he was the head of the youth program “erf Junge welle”, in 1986 he became editor-in-chief. In 1994 he took over the position of director from his predecessor Horst Marquardt . Until June 2014, Werth hosted the talk show “Werthe guests” on the television program ERF1 a total of 246 times and the “Wartburg Talks” over 50 times. He spent three years spokesman for the ARD telecast The word Sunday . Since 2007 he has been the full-time CEO. Jörg Dechert has been his successor since October 2014 .
Werth has published numerous books and works as a songwriter. His most famous songs are “Du bist du (never forget it)” with a melody by Paul Janz and “Like a party after long mourning” with a melody by Johannes Nitsch . The latter song is published in three regional parts for the Evangelical Hymnal : Baden, Alsace and Lorraine (666), Palatinate (666) and Württemberg (660). Werth wrote several musicals as a lyricist together with the composers Johannes Nitsch and Hans-Werner Scharnowski , in 2012 the Luther musical Brother Martinus with Siegfried Fietz and in 2019 another one entitled "Heimat ist".
For many years he was a member of the board of the evangelical association ProChrist , which organizes Christian evangelism events lasting several days, where Werth also acted as a moderator . From 2007 to 2011, he succeeded Peter Strauch as Chairman of the German Evangelical Alliance , of which he was a member of the main board from 1997 to 2019.
In 2011, Werth publicly apologized to the homosexuals for suffering disrespect from individual evangelicals. Again and again he advocated redefining the term evangelical in the original sense of evangelical , and referred to the four solos of the Reformation that characterize the evangelical movement: sola gratia , sola fide , sola scriptura , solus Christ (only grace, Faith, Scripture, Christ).
Private
Jürgen Werth is married to Angela Werth. The two have three grown children.
Publications
Books (selection)
- You are you A song-like reading book , Brendow Verlag , 1986
- Value (h) ungen. Another song-like reading book , Brendow Verlag, 1986
- Whole food (h) cost. Words for Sunday, help with everyday life , SCM R. Brockhaus , 1991
- 366 good thoughts: The little companion of the year , (2006)
- Blessing is ... A Love Letter from God , (2007)
- Soft tones against the noise. Stories about God and His World , SCM R. Brockhaus, 2007
- Wedding, heaven time. (2008)
- And every day God reinvents life. Personal stories, personal songs , SCM R. Brockhaus, 2008
- Visiting Jürgen Werth: Christian celebrities in conversation , SCM ERF-Verlag , 2009
- Pssst ... Finding silence in a noisy world , Gerth Medien , 2009
- Ahaaa ... The little book on understanding and being understood , Gerth Medien, 2011
- The Secret of the Beatitudes , SCM R. Brockhaus, 2012
- I hold you. God , Gerth Media. 2013
- God's good blessing is like a gentle wind , MediaKern-Verlag , 2014
- Well worth reading , SCM R. Brockhaus, 2014
- More beginnings were rare. Farewell diary , SCM Hänssler , Holzgerlingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-7751-5647-9 .
- Thanking is good , Gerth Medien , 2015
- I am giving you a new heart. The book for the annual solution , SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2016, ISBN 978-3-417-26790-7 .
- But God sees the heart, close-ups of a life , Gerth Medien, Aßlar 2017, ISBN 978-3-95734-249-2 .
- ... and there is still room for improvement. Discoveries while getting older , Gütersloher Verlagshaus , Gütersloh 2018, ISBN 978-3-579-08709-2 .
- Dear Dietrich ... Your Jürgen: About life on the edge. An exchange of letters with Bonhoeffer , Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2020, ISBN 978-3-579-06613-4 .
Discography (selection)
As a lyricist, Werth worked early on in the Christian music scene, initially as an alternative songwriter, but soon also as a lyricist for Christian musicals in collaboration with composers such as Siegfried Fietz, Johannes Nitsch and Hans-Werner Scharnowski.
solo
single
- Lord of all time / where are they? (1975 Abacus , No. 75001)
Albums
| year | title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | A dove speaks to me |
Songs of the Happy Message LP no. 33,507 |
| 1978 | Dash | Blue rose |
| 1980 | Value (h) package | Blue rose |
| 1984 | When the morning comes | Pila Music |
| 1987 | tone in tone | ERF publishing house |
| 1994 | Oh you | ERF publishing house |
| 1998 | Companions | ERF publishing house |
| 2002 | Not enough | ERF publishing house |
| 2010 | Pssst ... Lots of quiet songs | Gerth media |
| 2017 | Close up | Gerth media |
Projects
| year | title | Contributing artist | publishing company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Let me talk to you | Jürgen Werth, Markus Egger, Ute and Friedemann Rink, Thomas Westermann | Abacus music |
| 1983 | David - a singer, a king | Jürgen Werth, Elke Hucks, Jan Vering , Konrad Straub, Johannes Nitsch studio choir | Hänssler Music |
| 1988 | Josef - a dream career | Jürgen Werth, Hella Heizmann , Cae Gauntt , Johannes Nitsch, Johannes Nitsch studio choir | Hänssler Music |
| 1991 | Jürgen Werth's Mamapapa songs for children | Jürgen Werth, Kathi Arndt , Leun Children's Choir | ERF publishing house |
| 1996 | consequences | Johannes Nitsch, Christoph Zehendner , Johannes Nitsch studio choir | Felsenfest music publisher |
| 1998 | Hope land | Johannes Nitsch studio choir | Felsenfest music publisher |
| 2004 | Capernaum again | Michael Fajgel , Carola Laux , Chorlight | Felsenfest music publisher |
| 2012 | Brother martinus | Oliver Fietz, Siegfried Fietz | Abacus music |
| 2019 | home is | Jürgen Werth, Siegfried Fietz | Abacus music |
Sampler
| year | title | publishing company |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Love one another (Jürgen Werth, Manfred Siebald , Arno and Andreas, Theophiles, Damaris Joy) | Pila Music |
| 1992 | Particularly worth (h) full: The most beautiful songs by Jürgen Werth | Pila Music |
| 2004 | You are you: the best from Jürgen Werth | ERF publishing house |
| 2006 | You give me courage: The best from Jürgen Werth 2 | ERF publishing house |
| 2010 | Du: The best songs by Jürgen Werth | ERF publishing house |
Web links
- Literature by and about Jürgen Werth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jürgen Werth
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard Hempelmann (ed.), Handbook of evangelistic-missionary works, institutions and communities, Christliches Verlagshaus, Stuttgart, 1997, p. 162
- ↑ Dear guests - Jürgen Werth, CEO of ERF Medien. ERF website, accessed June 26, 2014
- ↑ Dear guests - A look behind the scenes. ( Memento from May 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) juergen-werth.de, accessed on May 1, 2014.
- ↑ ERF Medien: ERF Medien appoints new CEO . Dr. Jörg Dechert will succeed Jürgen Werth in October . Press release. May 12, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ Home is (CD). Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Board of Directors of ProChrist eV
- ↑ Christian media association KEP : Kirchentagdebatte: Werth about fundamentalism and guilt in dealing with homosexuals. ( Memento from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: die-Evangeluellen.de from June 14, 2011
- ↑ http://www.pro-medienmagazin.de/nachrichten/2013/03/27/juergen-werth-zum-jubilaeum-der-erf-und-ich-züge-gut-z together /
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Bush | First chairman of the German Evangelical Alliance 2007–2011 |
Michael servant |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werth, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author, songwriter and director of Evangeliums-Rundfunk |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludenscheid |