Steffen Kern

Steffen Kern (2013)

Steffen Kern (* 1973 in Schwäbisch Hall ) is a German pastor , journalist , author and chairman of the board of the Evangelical Community Association of Württemberg . He is considered one of the leading representatives of Pietism in Germany. Kern is a member of the EKD Synod, a speaker at major events and a board member of the Foundation for Christian Value Creation.

Live and act

After graduating from high school in Gaildorf, Kern did community service in the Diakonische Bezirksstelle Gaildorf. From 1993 to 1994 he studied at the Sprachenkolleg in Stuttgart , then from 1995 to 2001 Protestant theology in Tübingen and Erlangen . During his studies, he also completed a journalistic training and worked for the Evangelical Press Service (epd), the Evangelical Broadcasting Agency (ERA), as well as for various newspapers, magazines and publishers , among others . As a journalist, producer and author, he has published several books and CDs, such as the biographical novel “More than Millions” about Sabine Ball as the so-called Mother Teresa of Dresden .

In 2003 he started his vicariate , which he completed in 2005. In 2005 he was appointed as a study assistant at the Albrecht Bengel House in Tübingen, and in 2008 he was appointed head of studies there. In the same year he became a member of the board of the Ludwig Hofacker Association, now the Christ Movement “Lebendige Gemeinde”. In autumn 2008, Kern became chairman of the Evangelical Community Association of Württemberg. The association is present at around 500 locations in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria with various initiatives. Among other things, he runs the Christian Schönblick Guest Center in Schwäbisch Gmünd, which is established nationwide as a conference center and records around 65,000 overnight stays annually. In Stuttgart, the association is responsible for the HoffnungsHaus Stuttgart, a contact point for prostitutes in Stuttgart's Leonhardsviertel. In addition, the association has its own work for children and young people and runs the Christian Community Music School.

From 2001 to 2014, Kern was a member of the regional synod of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . From 2007 to 2014 he was the speaker of the synodal discussion group Lebendige Gemeinde. Among other things, he was a member of the synod's council of elders as well as the theological committee and the media council of the regional church. He also served as a deputy member of the EKD synod . Kern has been a member of the EKD Synod since 2014. There he heads the synodal working group “Living Church”. The EKD Council appointed him to the Chamber of Public Responsibility in 2016.

In 2016 he was elected keynote speaker for the Europe-wide media evangelism ProChrist. As a radio pastor, Kern has been designing the proclamation programs of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg on the antenna 1 station since 2002 . Since 2013 he has been a member of the board of the Foundation for Christian Value Education, "the value starters".

engagement

Kern is often involved in the promotion of Christian educational institutions, social-diaconal initiatives and church life. He is on the board of the Foundation for Christian Value Creation, the Value Starter, as well as on the board of the Christ movement “Lebendige Gemeinde”. He is also a member of the board of the ProChrist evangelism event. At the Faith Festival ProChrist 2013 in the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart , he spontaneously represented the sick main speaker Ulrich Parzany . Kern is also a member of Albrecht-Bengel-Haus eV and the YMCA.

Private

Kern has been married to Christine Maurer since 1999. The couple has two children and lives in Walddorfhäslach .

Publications

• Allee der Kosmonauten - Kinder der Sehnsucht , SCM Hänssler , Holzgerlingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-7751-4190-1 .
• God goes with you , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-7751-4455-1 .
• Stories of Hope , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-7751-4464-3 .
• More than millions: Sabine Ball: Millionaire - Hippie - Mother Teresa of Dresden , Brunnen, Gießen 2002,16. 2015 edition, ISBN 978-3-7655-4035-6 .
• Easter is more: the secret of the cross and the empty grave , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7751-4841-2 .
• with Uwe Rechberger : One baptism - a thousand questions: how we rediscover a gift from God , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7751-4798-9 .
• I like to live: from the happiness of a blessed life , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7751-5122-1 .
• Why the suffering? Our longing for hope , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7751-5260-0 .
• Fully confi: Your book for confirmation , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-7893-9515-4 .
• My god jesus! His miracles move the world , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-7751-5664-6 .
• with Ute Mayer (Ed.): My piece of heaven for today: in 366 devotions through the Bible , SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-7751-5996-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Steffen Kern in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Steffen Kern  in the German Digital Library
• Private homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steffen Kern board member Christ Movement in Württemberg ( memento from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), lebige-gemeinde.de
2. ↑ Steffen Kern: Vita. Retrieved January 21, 2014 . 
3. ^ Members of the 12th Synod ( memento of October 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), ekd.de, accessed on October 5, 2016.
4. ↑ Wait a minute - A thought from your church , antenne1.de, accessed on October 5, 2016.
5. ↑ Wertestarter management structure , Wertestarter.de, accessed on October 5, 2016.
6. ^ ProChrist Executive Board , prochrist.org, accessed on October 5, 2016.
7. ↑ Christoph Irion : ProChrist: "Now it's my turn". Reutlinger General-Anzeiger, March 5, 2013, accessed on January 21, 2014 .