Siegfried Liebschner

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Siegfried Liebschner (1976)

Siegfried Liebschner (born August 9, 1935 in Bad Bramstedt ; † February 24, 2006 in Hamburg-Schnelsen ) was a Baptist pastor and lecturer in practical theology at the Theological Seminary of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches .

Life

Siegfried Liebschner came from a Bad Bramstedt family of carpenters . After graduating from high school in 1953 , he enrolled at the theological faculty of the University of Hamburg .

Yellow Villa - Elmshorn Baptist Community Center, Siegried Liebschner's first place of employment

Following his master's degree, he initially worked from 1962 as a pastor for the student work of the Association of Evangelical Free Churches ( Baptists ). In 1966 he was appointed pastor by the Elmshorn Baptist church . After five years of community service, in 1971 he moved to the Theological Seminary of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches , which was then based in Hamburg-Horn . Here Siegfried Liebschner taught practical theology . In his church in Elmshorn he continued to work as a church leader for many years .

Even after the theological training center moved to Wustermark-Elstal , Liebschner worked as a lecturer in the seminar until he retired in 2001.

meaning

Siegfried Liebschner was one of the co-founders of the Working Group for Evangelical Theology (AfeT) and the Spiritual Community Renewal in the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches . In the early 1970s, he was committed to building bridges between evangelical theology and the charismatic movement .

Selected works

  • The doctrine of prayer as a test case of the Christian doctrine of God , in: Who is that - God? Christian Knowledge of God in the Challenges of the Present , Gießen 1982 (Ed .: Helmut Burkhardt).
  • Give space to the Holy Spirit. Guidelines from Römer 8 , Kassel 2005, ISBN 3-87939-802-X .
  • Give the new person a chance. Baptist Contributions to a Theology of the Holy Spirit (Baptism Studies; 10). ed. v. Uwe Swarat, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-87939-210-2 .
  • Spiritual guidance - a biblical theological orientation . In: Work and let work. Principles of Spiritual Direction (Editor Heinrich Christian Rust ). Wuppertal 1993. pp. 7-20

A complete bibliography is provided by the posthumously published work Siegfried Liebscher: Giving the New Man a Chance. Baptist Contributions to a Theology of the Holy Spirit (edited by Uwe Swarat), Kassel 2006, pp. 237–242.

literature

  • Jochen Jäger: Siegfried Liebschner's curriculum vitae , in: Siegfried Liebschner: Giving the new person a chance. Baptist Contributions to a Theology of the Holy Spirit, ed. by Uwe Swarat, Kassel 2006, pp. 243–247.
  • Stefan Stiegler : Obituary , in: Siegfried Liebschner: Give the new person a chance. Baptist Contributions to a Theology of the Holy Spirit, ed. by Uwe Swarat, Kassel 2006, pp. 248–249.
  • Ulrich Wendel: Siegfried Liebschner - a role model. Doctrine and life of the deceased seminary teacher , in: Die Gemeinde. The magazine of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches, No. 20 v. September 16, 2007, pp. 8-9. ( ZDB ID: 1157992-4)

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personal data
SURNAME Liebschner, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baptist pastor
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Bramstedt
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2006
Place of death Hamburg-Schnelsen