Rolf Scheffbuch

Rolf Scheffbuch (born January 25, 1931 in Calw ; † November 10, 2012 in Korntal ) was a German Protestant theologian and prelate of Ulm .

Life

Scheffbuch was the son of a teacher, his brother was Winrich Scheffbuch . After studying theology and philosophy in Tübingen and Bonn , and theology and sociology in the United States and a subsequent vicariate , he was personal advisor to the then Württemberg regional bishop Martin Haug from 1957 . Then Scheffbuch was pastor at Ulm Minster from 1959 to 1965 . From 1965 to 1975 he headed the work of what was then the Evangelical Youth Office in Württemberg . After that he was dean in Schorndorf for fourteen years . From 1989 to 1995 was Scheffbuch prelate of the diocese Ulm.

Rolf Scheffbuch was married and had two sons and two daughters, including the pedagogue Ruth Scheffbuch and the pastor of the Ludwig Hofacker community in Stuttgart, Ulrich Scheffbuch.

engagement

Scheffbuch was a member of the Württemberg regional synod from 1965 to 1989. From 1980 to 1999 he was chairman of the pietistic Ludwig Hofacker Association, succeeding Fritz Grünzweig . He campaigned for the great evangelization movement ProChrist and was chairman of the European branch of the evangelical Lausanne movement . In retirement he worked as a preacher, speaker and spiritual guide.

Fonts (selection)

I experienced that with God . SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 1997, ISBN 978-3-7751-2649-6 .
I don't want to be a weather vane . SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-7751-4165-9 .
Worthy and prepared. How we can live and die well . Brunnen Verlag (Gießen) 2006, ISBN 978-3-7655-3899-5 .
Counts and princes in the service of the highest king . SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7751-4931-0 .
Great explorers and Swabian apostles: From Korntal to the end of the world . SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7751-5167-2 .
The Kullen school in Hülben . Siegfried Kullen (editor and publisher), Hülben 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036752-6 . Published on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the building.
Jesus Christ alone, crucified . SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-7751-5436-9 .
with Andy Messner (Ed.): People who dared to do the unusual. From the spiritual history of Korntal , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-7751-5884-8 .

Web links

Literature by and about Rolf Scheffbuch in the catalog of the German National Library
Works by and about Rolf Scheffbuch in the German Digital Library
Rolf Scheffbuch in the German biography
Sermons by Rolf Scheffbuch
Rolf Scheffbuch died Evangelische Landeskirche Württemberg, message from November 10, 2012
Württemberg Church History Online obituary by Jan Carsten Schnurr for the Church Yearbook 2012

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rolf Scheffbuch died: "A church father with a world horizon". Federal publishing house website. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
↑ Dan Peter: Altprälat Rolf Scheffbuch is 80. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg, January 19th 2011, archived from the original on 31 January 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 .
^ Klaus Rieth: Rolf Scheffbuch. Evangelical Church in Württemberg, January 20, 2006, archived from the original on January 31, 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 .
↑ ^a ^b Evangelical news agency idea e. V. (Ed.): The gospel is very simple . Wetzlar 2011, p. 18 (edition: ideaSpektrum 4/2011).
^ Prelate i. R. Rolf Scheffbuch is 80 years old. Evangelical Brethren Congregation Korntal, January 24, 2011, archived from the original on January 31, 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 .

personal data
SURNAME	Scheffbuch, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian and regional bishop
DATE OF BIRTH	January 25, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Calw
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 2012
Place of death	Korntal

[jesusde-1] Rolf Scheffbuch died: "A church father with a world horizon". Federal publishing house website. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[2] Dan Peter: Altprälat Rolf Scheffbuch is 80. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg, January 19th 2011, archived from the original on 31 January 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 .

[3] Klaus Rieth: Rolf Scheffbuch. Evangelical Church in Württemberg, January 20, 2006, archived from the original on January 31, 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 .

[idea-4] Evangelical news agency idea e. V. (Ed.): The gospel is very simple . Wetzlar 2011, p. 18 (edition: ideaSpektrum 4/2011).

[5] Prelate i. R. Rolf Scheffbuch is 80 years old. Evangelical Brethren Congregation Korntal, January 24, 2011, archived from the original on January 31, 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 .