Otto Riecker

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Otto Riecker (born February 22, 1896 in Pforzheim ; † September 9, 1989 in Karlsruhe - Rüppurr ) was a German Protestant pastor . He wrote numerous evangelical writings and founded the Adelshofen Life Center .

Life

After the First World War , Riecker studied in Tübingen, Leipzig, Marburg and Berlin. From 1923 to 1927 he was vicar in Karlsruhe, Weinheim and Pforzheim. From 1927 to 1935 he had a pastor's position in Ahorn-Buch and from 1936 to 1950 in Heidelberg. In 1950 he came to Adelshofen as a pastor , where he devoted himself to evangelical mission from 1955 , which resulted in a Bible school in 1958, today's center of life , which he headed until 1984.

Fonts

  • The evangelistic word. Pneumatology and Psychology of the Evangelistic Movement. Porter, Speech and Assembly (1935)
  • The Resurrection of the Church. From the inner church to the missionary attitude (1937)
  • Call to Pastoral Care (1939)
  • The way out of the present mental distress (1946)
  • The Pastoral Encounter (1947)
  • Illusion about God (1956)
  • Revival Today and Its Message to Us (1958)
  • Calling Everyone - George Whitefield (1962)
  • Jesus' name never faded away (song collection, 3 volumes, 1962–74)
  • Sing awakening? The Value and Meaning of the Awakening Song (1967)
  • Mission or death. Personal missionary commitment as a vital necessity for the individual and for the community (1968)
  • Call from Indonesia - Speeches by P. Oktavianus and Brother Scheunemann (1971)
  • Challenge to the community. The Awakening Spirit and Aliveness of the Believers (1972)
  • Created out of nothing. Report on the development of the Adelshofen life center (1972)
  • Education and the Holy Spirit (1974)
  • Living Under God's Guidance (1975)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jochen Eber:  Riecker, Otto. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 36, Bautz, Nordhausen 2015, ISBN 978-3-88309-920-0 , Sp. 1088-1093.
  2. ↑ Life data after the entry on Otto Riecker in the personal database of the Baden-Württemberg State Bibliography

literature

  • Otto Riecker: My life started at 60 . 2nd Edition. Hänssler, Neuhausen / Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-7751-2683-X
personal data
SURNAME Riecker, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Pforzheim
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1989
Place of death Karlsruhe - Rüppurr