Ortwin Schweitzer

Ortwin Schweitzer (* 1937 ) is a German senior teacher and the long-time head of the house group department in the Office for Missionary Services of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg, head of the Adoramus community and author.

Live and act

Schweitzer studied modern philology and Protestant theology in Tübingen , Basel and Reading / England and taught German and Protestant religion as a teacher at a grammar school in Württemberg for five years. In 1971 he was appointed to the Evangelical Youth Office in Württemberg , where he set up and supervised the work of the student Bible groups as a state youth officer. From 1979 to 1994 he was the head of the house group department for house Bible groups at the Office for Missionary Services of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. During this time he built up the house group work with around 5,000 circles. During this time his books Hauskreis offensiv , Werkbuch Hauskreis , Entrance to the construction site desired: Nehemia for house groups and Das Hauskreis-ABC were created . He worked in the regional church until his retirement at the end of 2000.

In 1990 he founded the Adoramus Community and in 1994 the association Kirche im Aufbruch , both of which belong to the inner-church charismatic movement . Schweitzer is a member of the Circle of Charismatic Leaders (KCL) founded in 1993 . He is the initiator and was 2015 National Prayer Director with a focus on "Politics and Society", founded in 2000, non-denominational prayer movement "Watchmen" after the model of the Pietist Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , a "round-the-clock prayer “Organized, which he had called for in the 18th century. Today it includes around 8,000 worshipers in 300 cities and communities. He has been its honorary chairman since September 2015. He is also involved in “Beter im Aufbruch”, a work that supports the prayer movements in Germany, which sees itself organizationally as a sub-group of the Lausanne movement in Germany and has connections to the German Evangelical Alliance (DEA) and the Circle of Charismatic Leaders (KCL). Since 2006 he has been collecting prayer leaders across Europe in the "European Union of Prayer", which meets every six months to pray for the EU in the country that holds the Council Presidency.

For the home group work in German-speaking he publishes the magazine "Bible aktuell" and as part of the prayer initiative "Wächterrufs" the monthly prayer letter and the "political side" out, which takes up one each political issue, which is to pass on to prayer.

Private

Ortwin Schweitzer is married to Inge, b. Möbius. The couple has four children and lives in Leinfelden-Echterdingen .

Fonts

• Prove me god! A book about thinking and believing , Hänssler Verlag , Neuhausen 1978, ISBN 978-3-7751-0329-9 .
• Love has its own language , Hänssler Verlag, Neuhausen 1979, 2nd edition 1986, ISBN 978-3-7751-0419-7 .
• And who am I? , SCM R. Brockhaus , Wuppertal 1980 2nd edition 1986, ISBN 978-3-417-22015-5 .
• House group offensively: Tips for missionary house groups , SCM R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1984, ISBN 978-3-417-20359-2 .
• Prove me god! A book about thinking and believing , Hänssler Verlag, Neuhausen-Stuttgart, 1985, ISBN 978-3-7751-1036-5 .
• Workbook Hauskreis , SCM R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1986, ISBN 978-3-417-12869-7 .
• Life on the move: impulses for renewal in the community , SCM R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1986, ISBN 978-3-417-12379-1 .
• Entering the construction site desired: Nehemia for house groups , SCM R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1987, ISBN 978-3-417-20410-0 .
• Workbook Bible study. Tips for group Bible study , SCM R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1988, ISBN 978-3-417-12876-5 .
• Das Hauskreis-ABC , Projektion J Verlag , Aßlar 1994, ISBN 978-3-925352-82-9 .
• The Lord's rights are exalted! , Bernard, Solingen 2001, ISBN 978-3-934771-23-9 .
• Germany - my love !: From the calling of Germany , Bernard, Solingen 2003, ISBN 978-3-934771-42-0 .

as a co-author

• with Karl Häberle (Ed.): The fountain. A songbook for people on the way to a bigger life , Verlag des Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Württemberg , Stuttgart 1981, 15th edition 1997, ISBN 978-3-922813-04-0 .
• with Harald Eckert (ed.): God's calling for Germany in the end times: with special attention to the relationship between Germany and Israel , Christian Communication and Publishing Society, Lübeck 2009, ISBN 978-3-86098-200-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ortwin Schweitzer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage
• MORE 2012 - Interview with Ortwin Schweitzer
• Canopy of Prayer - Guardian Call Power Clip May 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short CV , voiceonline.ch, accessed on September 19, 2015.
2. ↑ Office for Missionary Services - House Groups: About Us ( Memento from November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ service messages, p.7 (217) , ekwue.de, the Official Journal of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg of 28 February 2,001th
4. ↑ Adoramus Community - Praying and Working for a Spiritual Renewal of the Church , idea.de, message from May 15, 2015.
5. ↑ Adoramus Community e. V .: Partner of the Wuerttemberg Spiritual Community Renewal , gge-wuerttemberg.de, accessed on September 19, 2015.
6. ^ Churches, Free Churches, Christian Movements , page 35 (223) , elk-wue.de
7. ↑ The charismatic movement is growing in Germany , idea.de, news from January 10, 2007.
8. ↑ Change of management: “Wächterruf”: Christians pray around the clock for Germany , idea.de, article from April 16, 2015.
9. ↑ Change of leadership - prayer movement "Wächterruf" with new leadership , idea.de, message from September 15, 2015.
10. ↑ Wächterruf : employee , waechterruf.de, accessed on September 19, 2015.
11. ^ "European Union of Prayer": Prayer for Europe , charisma-magazin.eu, accessed on September 19, 2015.
12. ↑ How I got to know Europe - Stand up for the EU in prayer , erf.de, radio broadcast from April 28, 2015.
13. ↑ Guardian Prayer Day 2014 , waechterruf.de, accessed on September 19, 2015.
14. ^ Short vita , academia.edu, in: Review of: Ortwin Schweitzer: Germany - Meine Liebe! About the calling of Germany . Solingen 2003.
15. ↑ Brief vita , waechterruf.de