Johannes Hansen (pastor)

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Johannes Hansen (born February 12, 1930 in Stedesand , † October 12, 2010 in Witten ) was a German Protestant pastor of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia , evangelist , writer and poet . He became known nationwide through evangelism, youth weeks and lectures.

Live and act

Johannes Hansen grew up in Stedesand. During his craft apprenticeship, he encountered the gospel and was trained as a missionary. He initially worked as a city missionary and preacher. From 1958 until his retirement in 1995 he worked in the People's Missionary Office of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia (today: Institute for Community Development and Missionary Services ); In 1973 he took over its management.

Hansen developed new forms of missions such as area evangelizations in church circles, open evenings in village pubs and music evangelizations in which publishers and musicians work together. He was also a speaker at several evangelism series at the German Evangelical Church Congress.

From 1979 to 1997 he was a member of the EKD Synod , was a member of the German branch of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and the Confidence Council of the Missionary Services Working Group (AMD). His commitment contributed to the fact that the EKD made mission the focus of its 1999 synod in Leipzig . Even in his retirement, Hansen preached in Germany and abroad until 2009, including in the Baltic States, South Africa, Namibia and Indonesia and was a speaker at the German Evangelist Conference.

He also loved the language in its many variations. For him, this also included the “condensation” of words. Due to his profound spiritual texts he was one of the bestselling authors at Kawohl Verlag . The psalm meditations "After dark comes a new morning" achieved a circulation of well over 100,000 copies. He was valued as the author of numerous books and through his impulses on radio and television . On the website gott.net, which is supported by Christians from regional and free churches, he published articles on topics of faith in a weekly column. Most of them also appeared in book editions. According to the AMD leader, Pastor Birgit Winterhoff, in the obituary, he preached close to the people and was able to reach people far from the gospel with his message.

Johannes Hansen was married to his wife Margarete and had four children with her.

Publications

  • Young being - but how? , Schriftenmissions-Verlag, Gladbeck 1961.
  • It works better otherwise. Picture book of guilt (graphic: Heinz Giebeler), Verlag Junge Gemeinde, Stuttgart 1967.
  • Go to church more often , Schriftenmissions-Verlag, Gladbeck 1972.
  • By the way ... Sunday is church service , Schriftenmissions-Verlag, Gladbeck 1973.
  • Learning to read the Bible , Evangelical Church of Westphalia, Bielefeld 1982.
  • The bird is still in flight. Words about God's good creation , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 1989, ISBN 978-3-88087-555-5 .
  • In a nutshell. Impulses for Faith , Aussaat Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1993, ISBN 978-3-7615-3461-8 .
  • Faith in the turn of the ages. Be reconciled to God! , Aussaat Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999, ISBN 978-3-7615-3599-8 .
  • Your guest on this earth. Psalms for beautiful and difficult days , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2002, ISBN 978-3-88087-560-9 .
  • After darkness comes a new morning: Psalm Meditations , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2003, ISBN 978-3-88087-738-2 ; 2020, ISBN 978-3-86338-180-6 .
  • Mirror of his love , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2004, ISBN 978-3-88087-742-9 .
  • God is there - very close: gott.net columns , Hänssler Verlag, Holzgerlingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-7751-4615-9 .
  • A house in which I can live. Thoughts on Psalm 23 , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2007, ISBN 978-3-88087-747-4 .
  • Infinitely secure. Psalm meditations for the whole life (special edition for the 40th anniversary of the publishing house), Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2010, ISBN 978-3-88087-777-1 .
  • Speak just one word: meditations and prayers , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2011, ISBN 978-3-88087-778-8 .
  • After dark comes a new morning. Psalm meditations touch the soul , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2015, ISBN 978-3-86338-120-2 .
  • My little hallelujah Psalms for everyday life , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2015, ISBN 978-3-86338-463-0 .
  • At the end of this long day. Meditations & Poems , Kawohl Verlag, Wesel 2017, ISBN 978-3-86338-010-6
  • Adventure belief. New Internet columns from gott.net , Luther-Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7858-0572-5 .
as a co-author
  • with Alfred Ringwald (ed.): Mit Jesus, das hat Zukunft (Lectures by J. Hansen and H. Lamparter. Testimonies from various men from professional life), Brunnquell-Verlag, Metzingen 1968.
  • with Christian Möller: Evangelism and Theology. Texts from an encounter , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1980, ISBN 978-3-7887-0629-6 .
as editor
  • Friedrich Busch : Ways to Understand the Revelation Johannes , Stuttgart 1950, reissued under the title The future begins today , Gladbeck 1977.
  • Dare to be a Christian , Schriftenmissions-Verlag, Gladbeck 1983, ISBN 978-3-7958-8885-5 .

literature

  • Klaus Teschner (ed.): The message of free grace. Evangelists in our time. Festschrift for Johannes Hansen on his 60th birthday , Schriftenmissions-Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1990, ISBN 978-3-7958-2459-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Hansen: Obituary notice
  2. ^ Leading evangelist died: Johannes Hansen , ead.de, message from October 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ Speaker at the German Evangelist Conference , deutsche-evangelistenkonferenz.de, accessed on April 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ Kawohl-Verlag celebrates its 50th birthday , pro-medienmagazin.de, article from April 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ Johannes Hansen: Column "Adventure Faith" , gott.net, accessed on April 14, 2020.
  6. ^ Died: Johannes Hansen , Unserkirche.de, obituary of October 13, 2010.
  7. ^ Leading evangelist has died: Johannes Hansen , idea.de, message from October 13, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Hansen, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor, evangelist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Stedesand
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2010
Place of death Witten