Paul Murdoch

Paul Murdoch in 2010

Paul Campbell Murdoch (born December 31, 1952 in Glendale ) is a Canadian evangelical theologian , pastor of the Württemberg regional church and was a study director at the Albrecht Bengel House in Tübingen and an author.

Life

Paul Campbell Murdoch was born the third child of his Canadian father Roderick Campbell Murdoch and his American mother Lois Kathleen; He grew up in the state of California and British Columbia . He was spiritually shaped in the Brethren Church of Plymouth . After graduating from school in Canada, he came to Germany in 1970. During the short Bible school of the torchbearer movement at the "Bodenseehof" he discovered his interest in theology. After graduating from the Graf-Zeppelin-Gymnasium in Friedrichshafen, he studied Protestant theology , missiology and Slavic studies in Tübingen , Helsinki (semester abroad 1975/1976) and Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1973 . From 1977 to 1979 he was vicar of the Württemberg regional church in Tailfingen and Nebringen . From 1978 to 1980 he was a student assistant at the Albrecht Bengel House in Tübingen. In 1981 he received his doctorate at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with his dissertation on the history and theology of the Christian East The sacramental- philosophical aspect in Nikolai Alexandrovitsch Berdjaev's thinking . From 1980 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1985 he taught as a visiting professor for the Liebenzeller Mission at the Micronesian Institute for Biblical Studies , now the Pacific Islands Bible College (PIBC) on Truk (Micronesia) . 1980/81 and 1983 to 1985 he was a guest lecturer at the theological seminar of the Liebenzeller Mission and from 1983 to 1985 he was a parish administrator in Urbach (Remstal) . Between 1985 and 1995 he was with the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Pakistan, where he was kidnapped in 1990 and between 1993 and 1995 he was a member of the Islamic Committee of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran. Church. He then moved to the Hohenhaslach community , where he held the pastoral position until 2009. From October 2009 to October 2018 he was director of studies and lecturer for New Testament and missions and religious studies (Islam) and ecumenical theology at the Albrecht Bengel House.

From 2000 to 2012 he was chairman of the "Working Group Religious Freedom - Human Rights - Commitment to Persecuted Christians" (AKREF) of the German Evangelical Alliance and works on the theological commission of the World Evangelical Alliance . Murdoch is visiting professor at the German branch of Columbia International University at the Academy for World Mission in Korntal . As founding chairman, from 2007 to 2012 he was chairman of the International Institute for Religious Freedom based in Bonn, Cape Town and Colombo (IIRF) and is still a member of the supervisory board today. As a committee member, he is involved in helping brothers . He is involved in the working group for intercultural work of the Liebenzeller community association and is the initiator of the integration congress 2018 on the Schönblick .

Murdoch is a sought-after speaker and speaker at women's breakfast events, evening Bible schools, congresses and meetings and the author of several books and numerous articles.

Private

Murdoch married the Finnish anthropologist Marja-Liisa Laihia in 1975. He has four children with her. After the divorce in 1994, he married Regine Nonnenmacher in 1996, who brought two children into the marriage. He lives in Ofterdingen near Tübingen.

Publications

• The sacramental-philosophical aspect in Nikolai Alexandrovitsch Berdjaev's thinking, sources and studies on the history and theology of the Christian East , Erlangen 1981, ISBN 3-923119-13-5 .
• Philippians Letter , Bible Commentary Vol. 15 of the series “Edition C - Bible Commentary New Testament”, G. Maier (Ed.), SCM Hänssler , Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 978-3-775110976 .
• Älä pahaa pelkää , Suomen Lähetysseura, Porvoo-Juva 1995, ISBN 951-624-212-X .
• Escape from Terror , Crossway Books 1996, ISBN 978-1-856841511 .
• "Puolikuu ja Pohjatähti. Muslimit keskellämme (The Crescent Moon and Pole Star, Muslims in our midst, a handout for dealing with Muslims in church institutions, diakonia, at work and in the public service. Written on behalf of the Islamic Working Group of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church ) Suomen Lähetysseura, Helsinki 1996, ISBN 951-624-225-1 .

as a co-author

• Towards A Theological Apology Of Mission , in: Hans Kasdorf and Klaus W. Müller (eds.): Balance sheet and plan: Mission on the threshold of the third millennium , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission , Bad Liebenzell 1988, ISBN 978-3-88002-337 -6 .
• Christian mission and church in Islamic countries , in: Rolf Hille (Ed.): From Islam challenged. Systematic and practical answers to evangelical theology , SCM R. Brockhaus , Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-417-29554-2 .
• Baptism as a turning point - missiological insights into baptismal theology and baptismal practice , in: Christian Lehmann (Ed.): Why baptism and the Lord's Supper ?: what makes our faith certain , SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-417-29557-3 .

Web links

• Publications by Paul Murdoch in the catalog of the German National Library
• Murdoch: Blog

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Curriculum Vitae , Paul Murdoch's website, accessed June 14, 2016.
2. ↑ Dr. Paul Murdoch, Head of Studies , website of the Albrecht Bengel House, accessed on June 14, 2016.
3. ↑ ^{a b} When life flips. Insights into the life of Dr. Paul Murdoch . In: zusammen.glauben.leben, LGV magazine , February / March 2018 issue, pp. 8–9, DNB 1009287001 .
4. ^ Farewell service by Pastor Murdoch , kirche-hohenhaslach.blogspot.de, message from July 27, 2009.
5. ↑ Pastor Dr. Paul Murdoch: Christian mission also important in Islamic countries ( memento from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Idea report from January 5, 2010.
6. ↑ http://pcm.murdochs.eu/ueber-mich/ website of Paul Murdoch, accessed on February 16, 2020.
7. ↑ Albrecht-Bengel-Haus appoints new head of studies , ead.de, notification of July 22, 2008.
8. ↑ Lecturer team at the ABH , bengelhaus.de, accessed on October 25, 2014.
9. ↑ IIRF has a new chairman , ead.de, notification from October 30, 2012.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography of Murdoch in: Balance and Plan: Mission on the Threshold of the Third Millennium, (p. 103) VLM, Bad Liebenzell 1988, ISBN 978-3-88002-337-6 .
11. ↑ Vita at IIRF ( Memento of 25 October 2014 Internet Archive ), iirf.eu, accessed October 25, 2014.
12. ↑ HfB management team , gottes-liebe-weltweit.de, accessed on October 25, 2014.
13. ↑ In the violence of the Taliban in Pakistan , evangelischer-kirchen district-tuebingen.de, accessed on October 25, 2014.
14. ^ Evening Bible School "The Messiah in the Old Testament" ( Memento from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), lebige-gemeinde.de
15. ↑ speaker at Vitalitas Congress , liebenzell.org, report of 12 May 2011th
16. ^ Speaker at the LGV staff conference in Monbachtal ( memento from October 25, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ), lgv.org, message from April 16, 2012.