Michael Kisskalt

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Michael Kißkalt (born January 20, 1964 in Landshut ) is a Baptist clergyman and theologian. Since October 2014 he has headed the Elstal Theological University as its rector.

Life

Michael Kißkalt studied Protestant theology from 1985 to 1990 at the Universities of Erlangen and Tübingen . Following this, he completed a so-called candidate year at the Evangelical Free Church Theological Seminary , which was then based in Hamburg-Horn . In 1991 he was appointed youth pastor of the Berlin-Charlottenburg Baptist Congregation and - after completing a three-year vicariate period - was accepted into the list of recognized pastors of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches (BEFG) .

1995 traveled Kißkalt as a missionary of the European Baptist Mission Society (EBM) to Cameroon from where he headed until 1999 theological education work of the Cameroon Baptist churches. At the same time he was rector of the Cameroon Theological Seminary in Ndiki .

After his return to Germany he worked part-time as pastor of the aforementioned Charlottenburg Baptist congregation. At the same time he taught as a lecturer in missiology at the Elstal Theological University. In 2003, Kißkalt moved from community service to the governing body of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches and worked there until September 2014 as a consultant for evangelism. In this context, he headed the International Baptist Mission in Germany, under whose umbrella groups and communities of migrants are united in the BEFG .

2014 doctorate Michael Kißkalt at Berlin's Humboldt University for Dr. theol. His doctoral thesis is entitled The Diary of Richard E. Mbene and its Mission History Context .

In autumn 2014, Kißkalt succeeded Volker Spangenberg as Rector of the Elstal Theological University . At the same time he is professor for missiology and intercultural theology . His main research interests include the history of the German Baptist Cameroon mission, the life and work of the Baptist founder, Eduard Scheve, and the “evaluation and promotion of sustainable development aid in Haiti”.

Publications (selection)

  • Bible Hermeneutics in Mission - A Western Protestant Perspective ; in: Pauline Hoggarth, Fergus Macdonald, Bill Mitchell (eds.): Bible in Mission , Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series 18, Oxford 2013, pp. 106–118.
  • Confessional alteration processes abroad - using the example of African migrant communities in Germany ; in: Ralph Dziewas, Michael Kisskalt: Identity and Change. Confessional change processes in ecumenical comparison , Leipzig 2013, p-116-137.
  • Missionary youth work ; in: Y. Kaiser, M.Spenn, M.Freitag, T. Rauschenbach, M. Corsa (eds.): Handbuch Jugend. Evangelical Perspectives. (A publication by the Comenius Institute, Evangelical Work Center for Educational Science eV and the Working Group of Evangelical Youth in Germany eV), Opladen / Berlin / Toronto 2013, pp. 417-420.
  • Mission as Convivence. Life Sharing and Mutual Learning in Mission. Inspirations from German Missiology ; in: Journal of European Baptist Studies 11/2, Praha 2011, pp. 5-14.
  • Identity and Change. Confessional change processes in ecumenical comparison (Eds. Ralph Dziewas / Michael Kisskalt), Leipzig 2013.
  • The German Baptist Cameroon Mission around 1900 in the context of its time - mission anthropological observations , in: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Geschichte No. 16 (2011)

A detailed bibliography of Kißkalt can be viewed online.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet presence of the theological seminar (FH): Prof. Dr. theol. Michael Kisskalt ; accessed on November 18, 2014
  2. ↑ Michael Gruber / Michael Rohde (website of the Theological Seminary): Michael Kißkalt becomes Rector of the Theological Seminary in Elstal ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on November 18, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theologisches-seminar-elstal.de
  3. ↑ Richard E. Mbene was a Cameroonian who was trained in Germany by Eduard Scheve from 1893 to 1897. He went back to his homeland and worked as a missionary teacher in Douala ; on Mbene see Robbie Aitken, Eve Rosenhaft: Black Germany. The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community. 1884-1960 , Cambridge 2013, ISBN 9781107041363 , p. 45 (note 8); 53; 172
  4. ↑ Internet presence of the theological seminar: Prof. Dr. Michael Kißkaklt (research projects) ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on November 18, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theologisches-seminar-elstal.de
  5. ↑ Internet presence of the Theological Seminary: Michael Kißkalt's list of publications ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on November 18, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theologisches-seminar-elstal.de
personal data
SURNAME Kiss cold, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baptist clergyman and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut