Thomas Adomeit

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Thomas Adomeit (born March 12, 1970 in Stuttgart ) is a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg . After the resignation of Bishop Jan Janssen in November 2017, he was elected as the official representative of the Bishop and Upper Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg during the vacancy in January 2018 . At a special session on September 29, 2018, the 48th Synod elected him to succeed Janssen.

Life

Adomeit grew up as the son of a pastor in Stuttgart. After graduating from high school and studying theology at the universities of Mainz , Berlin (Humboldt University) and Marburg , Adomeit completed his vicariate in Oldenburg from 1998 to 2000 . After his ordination in 2002, Adomeit was initially responsible for the organization of the regional church convention “More Heaven on Earth” of the Evangelical Lutheran Lutheran Church. Church in Oldenburg in June 2004. He then took over the pastorate of the church Zwischenahn , which he held by 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he was director of the Ev.-Luth Academy. Church in Oldenburg and also responsible for theological work in the Upper Church Council. From 2009 Adomeit was the personal assistant to the then Bishop Jan Janssen until his resignation in November 2017. From 2014 to 2016 he also took over the vacancy representation of the full-time legal member of the Upper Church Council. From mid-2017 until he took over the office of bishop, he was responsible for the management of the project catalog of measures of the upper church council for budget consolidation of the Lutheran Church. Church in Oldenburg.

Bishop representative and senior church councilor

On January 27, 2018 in Oldenburg (Oldbg), during an extraordinary, specially convened meeting of the 48th Synod, he was elected as the part-time Upper Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg, after the Upper Church Council, with the consent of the Joint Church Committee, Adomeit as the official representative of the Bishop ordered. On the same day he was introduced to his office during a service by his predecessor Jan Janssen.

The function of the representative of the bishop is an Oldenburg peculiarity. As such, the church ordinance provides for the bishop to be represented in theological matters by the senior theological member of the senior church council and in legal issues by the senior legal member of the senior church council (Art. 100 para. 2 church order of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg) . As an exception, in the event of a longer absence, the Oberkirchenrat, with the consent of the Joint Church Committee, can deviate from this and adopt a different regulation of representation (Section 18 of the Bishops' Law of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg). The Oldenburg Church used this opportunity in the case of Adomeits to appoint him. It is the only appointment of such a representative in the history of the Ev.-Luth so far. Church in Oldenburg on the basis of a simple legal breach of the church order.

bishop

After the Synod initially appointed Adomeit as bishop's representative, it elected him bishop in the third ballot on September 29, 2018. Adomeit was officially inaugurated in his office on January 23, 2019 by the Council Chairman of the Evangelical Church in Germany , Regional Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, in a festive service in the St. Lamberti Church in Oldenburg.

Other offices

Adomeit has been a member of the board of the North German Mission Bremen and the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation since 2014 . Since 2007, Adomeit has also been a member of the supervisory board of the Association of Evangelical Publishing Lower Saxony-Bremen GmbH and the Evangelical Church Radio Lower Saxony.

Personal

Adomeit is married to Pastor Petra Adomeit and has two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the Oldenburg Church on the candidates from 23 August 2018
  2. ↑ ibid
  3. ^ Adomeit elected part-time senior church councilor
  4. ^ Oberkirchenrat Thomas Adomeit as the new bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Church in Oldenburg elected , kirche-oldenburg.de, accessed on September 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ Bishop Adomeit is introduced to his office , kirche-oldenburg.de, accessed on January 23, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Adomeit, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart