Martin Poerksen

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Martin Pörksen (born August 14, 1903 in Kiel , † January 14, 2002 in Eckernförde ) was a German Lutheran theologian and politician.

Martin Pörksen, 1958

Life and work

Pörksen studied Protestant theology and economics in Tübingen , Berlin and Kiel . From 1927 to 1929 he was a private tutor at Luisenlund Castle . In 1930 he received his doctorate in political science with the work of Johann Hinrich Wichern and social issues . In the same year he became a pastor in Gelting . In 1934 he switched to the Schleswig-Holstein Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society in Breklum as a mission director . In 1956 he came to Hamburg in the same position. In 1959 he also took over the chairmanship of the mission academy at the University of Hamburg . After his retirement in 1978 he became chairman of the “North Elbian Center for World Mission and Church World Service” .

During the Nazi era, Poerksen was a member of the Pastors' Emergency League and one of the leading figures in the Confessing Church in Schleswig-Holstein . After the end of the war, he negotiated with the later bishop for Holstein, Wilhelm Halfmann , on behalf of the Brother Council of the Confessing Church with the incumbent church leadership, which is still dominated by representatives of the German Christians , about a reorganization of the offices and committees in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig- Holstein . Poerksen was elected Bishop of Schleswig against his express will at the beginning of September 1946 , but resigned from this office on November 2, 1946 because he wanted to continue working for the mission. The founding of the catechetical seminary in 1945, which was renamed the “Breklum seminary for missionary and church service” in 1948, goes back to his initiative.

In 1956 the University of Kiel awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology . Martin Pörksen went on many mission trips and has written a large number of publications on them.

Pörksen had been with his wife Elisabeth ("Mona"), born in 1930. Langlo, married. The couple had 5 daughters and 8 sons, including the linguist and writer Uwe Pörksen .

MP

As a representative of the regional church, Poerksen was a member of the first appointed state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein from February 26 to March 13, 1946 . He resigned the mandate for health reasons.

Fonts

  • People's mission - which nobody knows , in: Wolfgang Prehn (Hrsg.): Time to go the narrow way. Witnesses report on the church struggle in Schleswig-Holstein , Kiel 1985, pp. 109–117.
  • The Breklumer Mission - despite the war in the church struggle , in: Wolfgang Prehn (Hrsg.): Time to go the narrow way. Witnesses report on the church fight in Schleswig-Holstein , Kiel 1985, pp. 119–127.
  • Pastors for America ; Breklum: Breklumer Verlag, Breklum 1980; ISBN 3-7793-0709-X
  • Consolation ; Breklum: Breklumer Verlag, 1975; ISBN 3-7793-0107-5
  • The Day After Tomorrow - The Hope of Indonesian Christianity ; Wuppertal: Verlag der Rheinische Mission, 1965.
  • Patience ; Breklum: Breklumer Verlag, 1964; ISBN 3-7793-0100-8
  • Jews, Christians, Muslims. Impressions of a trip to the Middle East ; Bad Salzuflen: Verlag für Missions- und Bibkunde, 1963.
  • It comes from God ; Breklum: Christian Jensen Verlag, 1962.
  • Asia's wealth. His Christians. Encounters on a trip to Asia ; Breklum: Christian Jensen Verlag, 1962.
  • The church recognizes the mission ; Gütersloh: Verlagshaus Gerd Mohn, 1961.
  • Jesus in the Bible and in the Koran. Mission theological reflections on New Delhi ; Bad Salzuflen: Verlag für Missions- und Bibkunde, 1961.
  • The breadth of a narrow pietist ; Breklum: Christian Jensen, 1956
  • The new assignment Personal impressions from the World Mission Conference Willingen 1952 ; Willingen: Evangelischer Missionsverlag, 1952.
  • Young Church Outdoors India ; Breklum: Christian Jensen Verlag, 1951.
  • From the Lord of Glory. Daily devotions from the Gospel of Matthew ; Schwerin: Friedrich-Bahn-Verlag, 1937 (new edition Gerlingen: Hänssler, 2001; ISBN 3-7751-3714-9 ).
  • Only dying Christian communities in the Nordmark? , in: Johannes Lorentzen (Hrsg.): The North Mark in the Faith Struggle. An answer from the Church to Gustav Frenssen , Breklum 1936, pp. 58–67; reprinted in: Karl Ludwig Kohlwage , Manfred Kamper, Jens-Hinrich Pörksen (eds.): “You will be my witnesses!” Voices for the preservation of a denominational church in urgent times. The Breklumer Hefte of the ev.-luth. Confessional community in Schleswig-Holstein from 1935 to 1941. Sources on the history of the church struggle in Schleswig-Holstein. Compiled and edited by Peter Godzik , Husum: Matthiesen Verlag 2018, ISBN 978-3-7868-5308-4 , pp. 216-225.
  • Praise God confidently with singing ; Breklum: Verlag des Missionshauses in Breklum, [1934] (75 songs without notes).
  • Johann Hinrich Wichern and the social questions ; Rendsburg: Sehrohr-Verlag, 1932.

literature

  • Otto Waack : So I send you: Festschrift for Dr. Martin Pörksen on his 70th birthday , Evangelischer Missionsverlag, Korntal 1973.
  • Jens-Hinrich Pörksen: The Breklumer Mission in the time of Martin Pörksen 1934-1956 , Kiel: Pörksen Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-9812058-0-0 .
  • Jens-Hinrich Pörksen: Martin Pörksen (1902–2002) , in: Karl Ludwig Kohlwage , Manfred Kamper, Jens-Hinrich Pörksen (eds.): “What is right before God”. Church struggle and theological foundation for the new beginning of the church in Schleswig-Holstein after 1945. Documentation of a conference in Breklum 2015. Compiled and edited by Rudolf Hinz and Simeon Schildt in collaboration with Peter Godzik , Johannes Jürgensen and Kurt Triebel , Husum: Matthiesen Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-7868-5306-0 , p. 154 ff.
  • Uwe Pörksen : Breklehem. Novel of a village , Husum: Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft 2016, ISBN 978-3-89876-847-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Langlo Family , accessed April 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Is Europe returning to itself? A family novel reflects the history of the border region. Interview by Fiete Pingel with Uwe Pörksen. In: Nordfriesland 179 (2012), pp. 26–29; Digitized version (PDF, 744 kB), accessed on April 18, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Poerksen, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and politician (independent), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2002
Place of death Eckernförde