Richard Straube

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Richard Straube (born April 15, 1927 in Stettin ; † April 13, 2018 ) was a German pastor , author of Christian books and specialist literature, program speaker on gospel radio and speaker of numerous radio plays .

Live and act

Straube grew up with three siblings in Stettin. Before graduating from high school, he was called up to serve in the military on the Eastern Front , where he was wounded and, after several hospital stays, was transferred to Oldenburg. After the end of the war he completed training as a teacher and was then deployed in Mecklenburg. In 1948 he switched to radio play as a speaker and director for Berliner Rundfunk , where he met his future wife, a sound engineer. In 1951 the couple left for West Germany . Here they joined a regional church community and in 1956 saw a turn to the Christian faith. From 1961 both worked for Evangeliums-Rundfunk . Straube worked here as an editor and director for ten years, but was already involved with socially disadvantaged children and young people alongside his wife. After Straube had to quit radio work at the age of 42 due to a heart attack, the couple founded the Help Center pastoral care facility in 1970 as a contact point for young people with addiction problems and mental disorders in order to offer them help with a Christian background in a family-like atmosphere. Until 1992 the couple headed the work, which today looks after people with drug addiction, drug abuse and alcohol problems as well as unwanted pregnant women at different locations. Straube remained chairman of the board until 2005.

Straube worked as a speaker in numerous radio plays and children's concepts by Margret Birkenfeld and Peter van Woerden , wrote - sometimes together with his wife - his own radio plays and books and published a single as a singer-songwriter .

Richard Straube was married to his wife Brigitte, who died in 2019, from 1950 until his death. The couple lived in Biedenkopf .

Honors

  • In 2003 the couple was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit
  • 2003 the August Hermann Francke Prize of the Ulrich Weyel Foundation (Giessen)

Publications

  • Miracles in the desert. A biblical report with audio scenes (radio play by Brigitte and Richard Straube), Gerth Medien , Aßlar 1969; MC release 1991.
  • with Brigitte Straube: What a LORD! Experiences and experiences with the living God , Johannis-Verlag, Lahr 2010; (New edition in abbreviated form) Christliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Dillenburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-86353-706-7 .

Monographs

  • The grain of wheat: A conversation for harvest festival celebrations , Born-Verlag , Kassel 1959.
  • The year has many days. 365 devotions for children , R. Brockhaus Verlag , Wuppertal 1975.
  • It all started with the Lord , Gerth Medien, Asslar 1977.
  • ... and if it were only one , Gerth Medien, Aßlar 1978, ISBN 978-3-87739-611-7 .
  • Aids: A Challenge for Christians , Gerth Medien, Aßlar 1987, ISBN 978-3-87739664-3 .
  • The truth will set you free. Occult stress and pastoral care , R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1997, ISBN 978-3-417-20544-2 .
  • Help for occult sufferers , Leuchtturm-Verlag, Herborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-9808634-2-1 .

Discography

as a songwriter
as a speaker
  • Fishing prohibited !. ( Gerth Media , 1977)
  • Father Martin. (Gerth Medien, 1968, single)
  • Joshua. (Gerth Medien, single)
  • Elijah. (Gerth Medien, single)
  • David: Psalmist, refugee, gang leader. (Gerth Media)
  • Samuel, the little servant of God. (Gerth Medien, 1973, single)
  • Peter. Biblical stories as narration and audio scenes. (Gerth Medien, 1974, single)
  • Uncle Peter's Children's Lesson: Abraham. (Gerth Media, 1968)
  • John the Baptist (Gerth Medien, 1974, single)
  • Jesus, help win. Revolution in the Siegerlandhalle: Live report; Three open evenings in snippets. ( Kawohl publishing house )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice , Mittelhessen.de
  2. ↑ Guided by faith. Straubes celebrate iron wedding ( memento from September 16, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), Mittelhessen.de, article from August 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Iron Wedding: Brigitte and Richard Straube have been married for 65 years , Idea , article from August 31, 2015.
  4. ↑ Help Center: Geschichte , help-center-ev.de, accessed on April 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Help center" founder Richard Straube has died , idea.de, message from April 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ Dedicated Christian Brigitte Straube died , idea.de, message from April 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ Richard Straube: The founder of the pastoral care facility “help center” is 90 , idea.de, article from April 15, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Straube, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, author of Christian books
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2018