Theo Sorg

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Theo Sorg (born March 11, 1929 in Nierstein ; † March 10, 2017 in Blaubeuren ) was a German Protestant pastor and from 1988 to 1994 regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg .

Life

Theo Sorg spent his youth in Rietenau and Marbach am Neckar . From 1945 he attended the Protestant seminaries in Schöntal and Urach , where he passed the Abitur in 1948.

He then studied Protestant theology in Tübingen and Bethel . In 1954 he passed the first theological service examination and was vicar until 1957 . Years in a leading position in Protestant youth work followed. In 1957, Sorg became a youth pastor in Stuttgart, and from 1960 to 1965 he was head of the Evangelical Young Men Association in Württemberg.

From 1965 to 1973 he was pastor at the Stuttgart collegiate church , the Württemberg bishop's church . During this time he was a member of the Württemberg Evangelical Regional Synod from 1971 to 1974 and in 1971 was a co-founder of the Living Congregation discussion group . Sorg was considered to be a bridge builder between the Württemberg regional church and Swabian Pietism .

This was followed by promotion to several church leadership positions. In 1973 he was appointed to the senior church council of the Evangelical Church and headed the theological department. In 1980 he became a prelate ( regional bishop ) of the Stuttgart Prelature and as such remained a member of the college of the upper church council. From 1981 to 1987 he was the chairman of the Missionary Services Working Group (AMD) and initiated its first German theologian congress for church development in February 1987 in Stuttgart .

Finally, on November 25, 1987, he was elected regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg, and on April 18 of the following year he was appointed to his post as successor to Hans von Keler . Theo Sorg was the sixth bishop of the Württemberg regional church after Theophil Wurm , Martin Haug , Erich Eichele , Helmut Claß and Hans von Keler.

After a relatively short term of six years, he retired on April 1, 1994. Theo Sorg died the day before his 88th birthday.

honors and awards

Personal

Theo Sorg was married to Ruth Sorg, née Fink. The couple had four children.

Works (selection)

  • What Christians believe in, the Apostles' Creed explains for our time. Calwer, Stuttgart c 2010, ISBN 978-3-7668-4183-4 .
  • In a large space. Balance of a bishop, Quell-Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7918-1993-3 .
  • The church - a house made of living stones: Report by Regional Bishop D. Theo Sorg before the Württemberg Evangelical Regional Synod on November 23, 1992 in the Hospitalhof in Stuttgart , ed. on behalf of the Evangelical High Church Council, Office for Information, Evangelical Church in Württemberg, Imatel Mediengesellschaft, Stuttgart 1992 DNB 930359496 .
  • In the Word, Christ walks through the land. Sermons , Verlag Junge Gemeinde, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7797-0323-8 .
  • Christ trust, renew community, contribution to missionary church growth in the People's Church, Calwer, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-7668-0822-2 .
  • In private. Pastoral talks (= sowing library , volume 6). Aussaat-Verlag, Wuppertal 1961, DNB 454761236 .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Altlandesbishop Theo Sorg has died . Evangelical Church in Württemberg , March 10, 2017, accessed on March 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Württemberg Altlandesbishop died at the age of 87 . idea.de, March 10, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Care, Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, pastor and regional bishop
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Nierstein
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2017
Place of death Blaubeuren