Peter Becher (journalist)

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Peter Becher (* around 1940 ; † January 6, 2007 ) was a German radio journalist and church expert .

Life

As a radio journalist, Peter Becher reported in particular on church issues, mostly from Hanover , primarily on the North German Radio . In addition, Becher worked for the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) for several years .

From 1974, Becher worked in Addis Ababa for the Lutheran radio station Voice of the Gospel . From the capital of Ethiopia , for example, he reported in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit about the impending overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie .

On behalf of the Lutheran World Federation, he headed the information service for Lutheran minority churches in Europe from Vienna from 1992 to 1994 .

Fonts (selection)

  • Peter Becher, Rolf Koppe : Five churches under one roof. Evangelical local studies. Published on behalf of the Council of the Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony, Hanover: Lutherhaus Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-87502-061-8
  • Peter Becher, Hans Egbert Lange : Confirmation today. A conversation. What is diakonia? A dialogue on the tasks and self-image of Protestant social work. In: Lothar Zachmann (ed.): Zeitworte. Evangelical Speeches , Edition 8 (compact cassette), [Hanover]: Lutherhaus-Verlag, [1986?]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e epd Lower Saxony-Bremen (Red.): Broadcast journalist Peter Becher has died. In: At a glance from January 11, 2007 on the website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
  2. ↑ Peter Becher: The throne wavers / Emperor Haile Selassie, the "Lion of Judah", under the dictates of reform-minded military. In: Die Zeit , number 36/1974 of August 30, 1974; on-line
personal data
SURNAME Mug, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German radio journalist and church expert
DATE OF BIRTH around 1940
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2007