Karl Kalmbach
Karl Kalmbach (born September 23, 1936 in Altensteig ) is a German Protestant missionary and author . He served in mission, education, and development ministry in Papua New Guinea and Micronesia for over three decades .
Life
Kalmbach grew up with his four younger siblings in Altensteig. After elementary school he learned to be a carpenter in 1949 and took a job in Konstanz in 1954. There he found faith in a Baptist tent evangelism in 1956. Later he retrained to become a construction technician in Stockach and Ludwigshafen on Lake Constance , which was followed by a job in a Böblingen architecture office. From 1959 to 1964 he completed a theological training at the theological seminar of the Liebenzeller Mission , which included a parish internship in Heilbronn .
In 1964 he traveled to Papua New Guinea as a missionary for the Liebenzeller Mission, where he worked first on Manus until 1996 and then in Arkosame am Sepik until 1970 . 1969 took place in the capital Port Moresby training as a teacher. From 1971 to 1976 he moved again to the island of Manus and from 1977 worked again at the Sepik in Wewak- Brugam, where he worked with his wife until 1982. He lived in aboriginal villages where there was no white before. Kalmbach dealt with their religion and culture, which were characterized by blood revenge, cruel tribal feuds, deep fears of ghosts and death magicians . They found redemption by turning to the God of Christianity , whom Kalmbach was able to bring closer to them.
From 1983 to 1985 and between 1998 and 2000 Kalmbach was on construction assignments in Guam , Chuuk and Gavuvu, western New Britain and from 1993 to 1996 in Port Moresby, where he directed the construction of Bible schools . He has written several books about his experience in missionary work.
Karl Kalmbach married his wife Hedwig Fuchsgruber in Brugam in 1966. The couple has three children and retired from Altensteig .
Publications
- A jungle village between blood revenge and gospel: Mission in Arkosame, Papua New Guinea , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission , Bad Liebenzell 1976, ISBN 978-3-88002-029-0 .
- South Seas Idylle, Illusion and Reality , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1987, ISBN 978-3-88002-311-6 .
- With God from person to person. From the history of the Liebenzeller Mission , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1999, ISBN 978-3-88002-664-3 .
- with Detlef Krause : Winding paths in Papua: how God writes history , SCM Hänssler , Holzgerlingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-7751-5339-3 .
Essays
- The light came to Argandumbu. Stone Age people in New Guinea experience a turning point , In: Arno Pagel (Ed.): No way is too far - reports from the work of evangelical missions , R. Brockhaus Verlag , Wuppertal 1971, ISBN 978-3-417-00337-6 .
- The Evangelical Church of Manus . In: Herwig Wagner, Gernot Fugmann, Hermann Janssen (eds.): Papua New Guinea - Society and Church: An ecumenical manual , Erlanger Verlag für Mission und Ökumene, Erlangen 1989, ISBN 978-3-87214-193-4 .
literature
- Karl Kalmbach - built on God (DVD) Liebenzeller Mission, 2009.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Kalmbach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Karl Kalmbach in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ A jungle village between blood revenge and the gospel: Mission in Arkosame, Papua New Guinea , 1976, pp. 25 + 93.
- ↑ Kalmbach: Brief Vita
- ↑ Life picture: Karl Kalmbach - built on God , liebezell.tv
- ↑ Winding paths in Papua , SCM-Hänssler 2011, p. 41.
- ↑ What is Karl Kalmbach actually doing , In: Mission Worldwide , Edition 7/8 2016, p. 32.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kalmbach, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German evangelical missionary and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altensteig |