Church district Vlotho
The church district Vlotho is one of 27 church districts within the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . Its area extends over the south-eastern part of the Minden-Lübbecke district and the eastern part of the Herford district .
History and structure
The church district of Vlotho was formed in 1841 from parts of the church districts of Herford and Minden (at that time still called "dioceses") . It currently (as of February 2020) consists of 19 Protestant parishes with 34 parishes and around 60,000 parishioners. One parish is of the Reformed denomination ( Vlotho - Johannis ), all other parishes have arisen (through parishes and reorganizations) from parishes that were shaped by the Lutheran Reformation . By pastors like Ferdinand Huhold (1841–1846 in Vlotho, 1846–1880 in Hausberge , 1841–1849 and 1854–1880 also Superintendent ), Karl Kuhlo (1851–1868 in Valdorf ) and Eduard Kuhlo (1854–1891 in Gohfeld ) was the Church district in the 19th century was strongly influenced by the revival movement . From 1927 to 1948 Pastor Karl Koch from Bad Oeynhausen was part-time superintendent of the church district; Since he played a leading role in the Confessing Church , Bad Oeynhausen became the scene of the fourth Synod of the Confession of the Reich in 1936.
Around 50 pastors serve in the parishes, but also in schools, hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation clinics and old people's homes. The church district of Vlotho is regionally connected with the neighboring church districts of Herford , Lübbecke and Minden to form a church district association.
Management structure
Church circuit is passed through the one year or twice, meeting, consist of members of churches and appointed synod formed circuit Synod , and (between their meetings) by the chosen from the center of the circular Synod to eight years, nine members Kreissynodalvorstand at the tip of the Superintendent stands. The seat of the superintendent has been in Bad Oeynhausen since 1973 . There is also in the Lennéstraße 3, the circular church office with over 20 employees.
Superintendent
| from | to | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| 1841 | 1849 | Ferdinand Huhold |
| 1849 | 1854 | Eduard Höpken |
| 1854 | 1880 | Ferdinand Huhold |
| 1880 | 1892 | Bernhard Lemcke |
| 1892 | 1896 | Eberhard Delius |
| 1896 | 1902 | Julius Lemcke |
| 1904 | 1927 | Ernst Niemann |
| 1927 | 1948 | Karl Koch |
| 1948 | 1953 | Friedrich Vethake |
| 1953 | 1956 | Artur Dehmel |
| 1956 | 1976 | Heinrich Niederbremer |
| 1977 | 1992 | Johannes-Peter Schumann |
| 1992 | 2004 | Christof Windhorst |
| 2004 | ... | Andreas Huneke |
Associated parishes
The church district Vlotho includes the city of Vlotho and larger parts of the cities of Bad Oeynhausen , Löhne and Porta Westfalica .
See: List of churches and parishes in the church district of Vlotho
Main focus of church work
In 29 churches, also in Bad Oeynhausen in the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia , in the Zweckverbandkrankenhaus, in the Johanneskapelle of the Johanniter order houses and in the Auguste Victoria Clinic for Orthopedics, as well as in a variety of old people's, nursing and retirement homes Protestant services take place regularly in the parishes belonging to the parish of Vlotho. A special focus of the pastoral work in the church district of Vlotho is pastoral care in hospitals, clinics in the spa areas of Bad Oeynhausen, Löhne and Bad Senkelteich and in many old people's homes; But there are also 25 kindergartens owned by the parishes belonging to the parish. Child and youth work in the parishes is promoted by a special child and youth department (based in Vlotho-Valdorf). Adult education and telephone counseling are provided by the church district association.
Diakonia
The Diakonisches Werk im Kirchenkreis Vlotho e. V. provides outpatient, nursing and social basic care and is available to those seeking help in various advisory services. The central office of the Diakonisches Werk in Kirchenkreis is located at Elisabethstrasse 25 in Bad Oeynhausen.
Partnerships
For more than 20 years there has been a partnership between the church district Vlotho and the church district Tambarare in Tanzania , which belongs to the northeast diocese of the Lutheran Church of Tanzania. The church district maintains other partnerships with various social and diaconal institutions and parishes in Portugal , Sicily , Carinthia and Slovakia .
literature
- Church district Vlotho (ed.): Church on the Weser and Werre. 150 years of the Vlotho church district . Bad Oeynhausen 1991.
- Thomas Ijewski: God's houses on the Weser and Werre. The Evangelical Church District Vlotho: history, parishes, common institutions and fields of work . Ed .: Vlotho Church District. Bad Oeynhausen 2002.
- Church district Vlotho (Ed.): Theological contributions from the church district Vlotho . Bad Oeynhausen 1999.
- Helmut Geck (ed.): Church districts, district synods, superintendents . LIT Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7565-2 .
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 16.4 " N , 8 ° 47 ′ 41.8" E