Johannes Zimmermann (theologian)

Johannes Zimmermann (* 1965 in Dettingen am Albuch ) is a German theologian , pastor of the Württemberg regional church with a chair for practical theology at the Tabor Evangelical University in Marburg.

Live and act

Zimmermann studied Protestant theology from 1986 to 1992 in Tübingen , Jerusalem , Erlangen and Strasbourg . From 1992 to 1995 he completed his doctoral studies in Strasbourg and Tübingen and was then vicar of the Württemberg regional church in Dußlingen until his ordination in 1998 . In 1998 he was in Tübingen with one of Martin Hengel supervised dissertation on Messianic ideas in the written findings of Qumran , a study to investigate the early Jewish messianic expectation for Dr. theol. PhD . Then he was a research assistant at Martin Hengel in Tübingen until 2004.

From 2004 to 2010 he was the scientific and co-founding managing director and theological study director of the Institute for Research into Evangelism and Church Development in Greifswald. In 2005 he qualified as a professor at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald with his thesis on congregation between sociality and individuality: Challenges for the development of congregations in societal change, with which he gave an overview of current concepts on the topic of congregation in the ecumenical horizon and challenges for the Showed church building in social change. He then worked as a private lecturer in Greifswald before he was appointed adjunct professor for practical theology in October 2014. Between September 2010 and July 2017 he was the pastor in Endingen (Balingen) . Since August 2017 he has been professor of practical theology at the Tabor Evangelical University in Marburg.

Zimmermann is a member of scientific associations such as the German University Association , the German Society for Mission Studies and the Scientific Society for Theology . Since 2006 he has been working in the Theological Committee of the Missionary Services Working Group and in the Examination Committee of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church . Since 2007 he has been a member of the project group "(Re) entry" of the EKD Council. Between 1998 and 2010 he performed preaching assignments in Nehren , Belsen (Mössingen) and from 2005 in Lassan in Eastern Pomerania. He is a speaker at the church synod, at regional mission festivals and study days at the Albrecht Bengel House .

Private

Johannes Zimmermann is married to Heike Hoffmann. The couple has three children and lives in Marburg .

Publications

• Messianic texts from Qumran: Royal, priestly and prophetic ideas of the Messiah in the written finds from Qumran (= Scientific Studies on the New Testament (WUNT) 2nd series, volume 104). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1998. ISBN 3-16-147057-5 .
• Do you understand what you are reading ?: Basic questions of Bible interpretation today . Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission , Bad Liebenzell 2003. ISBN 3-921113-72-5 .
• Community between sociality and individuality: Challenges for community development in the face of social change (Habil., Univ., Greifswald 2005) Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2006, 2nd edition 2009. ISBN 978-3-7887-2200-5 .
• Between tradition and event: Church grows through worship . Brunnen-Verlag, Giessen u. Basel 2010. ISBN 978-3-7655-1466-1 .

as editor

• with Michael Herbst and Jörg Ohlemacher: Missionary Perspectives for a Church of the Future . Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2005, 3rd edition 2008. ISBN 978-3-788721299 .
• with Claus Dieter Classen and Hans-Martin Harder : Church membership: Belonging (s) to the changing church . Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008. ISBN 978-3-7887-2294-4 .
• with Christian Möller : Gerhard Hennig: Sunday is church! Contributions to worship, church and pastoral care . Calwer Verlag, Calw 2008. ISBN 978-3-766840691 .
• with Anna-Konstanze Schröder: How do adults find faith ?: Introduction and results of the Greifswald study (with preface by Frank Otfried July and John Finney). Aussaat-Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2010, 2nd edition 2011. ISBN 978-3-761558881 .
• Can education be missionary ?: Contributions to the relationship between education and mission . Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2010. ISBN 978-3-7887-2469-6 .

Essays

• Observations on 4Q246 - the "Son of God" . In: James H. Charlesworth, Hermann Lichtenberger, Gerbern S. Oegema (eds.): Qumran-Messianism. Studies on the Messianic Expectation in the Dead Sea Scrolls . Tübingen 1998, pp. 175-190.
• Messianic Expectations in the Qumran Scriptures. Introduction and overview . In: Theological contributions 31 (2000), pp. 125-144.
• To pray for the dead? . In: Theological Contributions 34 (2003), pp. 256-269.
• On the way to the church of the future. Church building face new challenges . In: Theological contributions 26 (2005), pp. 30–43.
• What happened to the “missionary church building”? Interim balance 25 years after “Manageable Community” . In: Michael Herbst, Jörg Ohlemacher, Johannes Zimmermann (eds.): Missionary perspectives for the church of the future (contributions to evangelism and community development, vol. 1). Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2005, pp. 85-104.
• The fourth church membership study (Chapter 2) from a (mission) theological perspective . In: Wolfgang Huber , Johannes Friedrich , Peter Steinacker (Hrsg.): Church in the variety of life relationships. The fourth EKD survey on church membership . Gütersloh 2006, pp. 135–140.
• Parish - and what else? The figure of the community of Jesus Christ between parochial and superparochial structures . In: Theological contributions 37 (2006), pp. 197-214.
• The parish is not an obsolete model . In: Martin Reppenhagen, Matthias Bartels (ed.): Congregation planting - a model for the church of the future? (= BEG 4). Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2006, pp. 184-203.
• Church planting and community churches - observations and comments on developments in the Gnadauer Verband . In: Martin Reppenhagen, Matthias Bartels (ed.): Congregation planting - a model for the church of the future? (= BEG 4). Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2006, pp. 134–153.
• Building blocks for a theology of evangelism . In: Hartmut Bärend , Ulrich Läpple (Hrsg.): Your is the strength - For a growing church. Basics - Perspectives - Ideas . Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Leipzig 2007, pp. 106–116.
• Is the service a “missionary opportunity”? Reflections on the relationship between worship and mission . In: Theological contributions 39 (2008), pp. 6–23.
• Border crossers, border areas and approaches. Approaches to the Church from a practical-theological perspective . In: Johannes Zimmermann (Ed.): Church membership. Affiliation (s) to the changing church (= BEG 5). Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008, pp. 114–125.
• Being connected. Sociality and individuality in the Christian community . In: Martin Reppenhagen, Michael Herbst (Ed.): Church in the Postmodern (= BEG 6). Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008, pp. 136–160.
• “Sunday is church”. For Gerhard Hennig's 70th birthday . In: Theological contributions 39 (2008), pp. 299–305.

Web links

• Literature by and about Johannes Zimmermann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Johannes Zimmermann  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zimmermann: theological director of studies of the IEEG: Sabbatical for pastors , welt.de, message from May 23, 2010.
2. ↑ Zimmermann: Scientific Director of the IEEG ( Memento from December 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Lecturers at the University of Greifswald ( Memento from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), uni-egoswald.de, accessed on February 21, 2016.
4. ^ Pastor receives the title of professor ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), epd.de, message from September 30, 2014.
5. ↑ Block seminars in practical theology ( Memento from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), uni-egoswald.de, accessed on December 15, 2014.
6. ↑ New pastor family received in Endingen , zak.de, message from September 25, 2010.
7. ^ "Part of the living community" , schwarzwaelder-bote.de, message from September 26, 2010.
8. ↑ Dr. Johannes Zimmermann appointed professor , eh-tabor.de, message from February 10, 2017.
9. ↑ Members of the project group “Entry and re-entry into the Protestant Church” ( memento from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), ekd.de, accessed on December 15, 2014.
10. ↑ Accompanying a process-related development of faith: SELK Synod hears Johannes Zimmermann ( memento of December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), selk.de, message of June 15, 2007.
11. ↑ Zimmermann gives a lecture on: Germany - Missionsland? How do adults come to believe? , landesmissionsfest.de, message from May 28, 2011.
12. ↑ Speaker at the Confessio Study Day: "Mission and Milieu - The Contribution of Milieu Research to Missionary Congregational Work " , bengelhaus.de, news from November 13, 2014.
13. ↑ Messianic texts from Qumran - review, (PDF; 230 kB) in: Yearbook for Evangelical Theology (JETh) 13th year 1999.
14. ↑ Study presented: "How do adults find faith?" ( Memento from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), evlks.de, notification from November 20, 2009.