Karlheinz Schumacher

Karlheinz Schumacher (born March 19, 1944 in Schwagstorf ) is a German New Apostolic clergyman and, as District Apostle , headed the New Apostolic Church in Northern Germany until December 5, 2010 .

biography

Schumacher was born on March 19, 1944 as the son of the later District Apostle Hermann Schumacher and his wife (Elsa née Gernert) in Schwagstorf . He was baptized on May 28, 1944, and on December 16, 1944, he received the New Apostolic Sacrament of Holy Sealing from Apostle Lembke.

He studied in Hamburg law and since 1974 has been a lawyer since 1980 and a notary in Bremen. On January 4th he married Birgit Becker. The couple have two grown daughters.

On December 13, 1970, he was appointed sub-deacon . Since then he has been entrusted with new offices. He was on 3 June 1971 Deacon , on December 25, 1971 priests , on November 21, 1979 community evangelist, on December 16, 1982 District Evangelist and finally on December 18, 1983 District Elder.

On November 22, 1978, Karlheinz Schumacher was commissioned to lead the Bremen-Hastedt community as head of the district. On December 18, 1983 he was appointed district chairman for Bremen-Mitte and on January 12, 1986 as district chairman for Bremen-Ost.

Easter 1984, on April 22, Karlheinz Schumacher was by the Chief Apostle Hans Urwyler the bishop ordained. During this time, District Apostle Pos commissioned him to look after the mission areas in Greenland and Iceland.

On November 22, 1992, Bishop Schumacher was ordained an Apostle by Chief Apostle Richard Fehr . This ordination was connected with the assignment to work in Hamburg. On November 27, 2005, Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber ordained the previous Apostle Karlheinz Schumacher as the new District Apostle for the New Apostolic Church in Northern Germany in a divine service in Bremen (CCB) .

Karlheinz Schumacher succeeded Wilhelm Leber, who has been Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church worldwide since Pentecost 2005. In Germany, District Apostle Schumacher's area of ​​work includes the federal states of Bremen , Hamburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , parts of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein . Around 44,000 members of the New Apostolic Church live here in over 300 congregations. In addition, the District Church of Northern Germany also oversees the pastoral and organizational activities of the NAK in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greenland, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.