Udo Hahn

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Udo Hahn (born May 9, 1962 in Lauf an der Pegnitz ) is a German Protestant - Lutheran theologian , pastor and publicist .

education

Hahn studied Protestant theology in Erlangen , Neuendettelsau and Munich from 1982 to 1989 . He passed his first theological exam in 1989 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . From 1995 to 1997 he was a guest vicar in the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland . After the second theological exam in 1997 in the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, Hahn was ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria in 1998.

Professional background

From 1986 to 1989 Hahn was editor of the Evangelical Sunday newspaper from Bavaria in Rothenburg od Tauber . From 1989 to 1999 he headed the department Christ und Welt / Evangelical Church in the Rhineland Mercury in Bonn .

From 1999 to 2011, as senior church councilor, he was the press spokesman for the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (VELKD) and for the German National Committee (DNK) of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) based in Hanover .

Since it was founded in 2000 to 2012, he was chairman of the jury for the sermon prize , which was donated by the publishing house for the German economy AG .

From 2000 to 2007 he worked part-time as press spokesman for the Community of Evangelical Churches in Europe (CPCE).

Since 2005, in addition to his duties at VELKD and DNK, Hahn was also head of the media and journalism department of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in Hanover and "coordinated the EKD's media policy at the federal level (including a joint venture between Protestant journalism and epd Zentralredaktion , evangelisch.de , chrismon , radio and television work; EIKON , Matthias-Film ). He represented the church in various television committees and film funding , was responsible for youth media protection and public relations as well as coordinating the fundraising officers of the regional churches. "

On June 1, 2011, he took over the position of director of the Evangelical Academy in Tutzing . In May 2012 he was appointed to the board of the Evangelical Academies in Germany. V. (EAD) elected.

He is the author and editor of numerous religious non-fiction books as well as spiritual texts.

Awards

In 1995 Hahn was awarded the Martin Luther Medal in Gold for outstanding journalistic achievements by the Martin Luther Association in Bavaria .

In February 2011, he received the US Movieguide Award in Los Angeles.

Publications

Individual evidence

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  2. a b c d e f www.predigtpreis.de , accessed on January 12, 2016.
  3. Udo Hahn becomes journalist at the EKD. In: www.ekd.de , accessed on July 2, 2011.
  4. Udo Hahn becomes the new head of the Evangelical Academy Tutzing. In: www.ekd.de ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 2, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ekd.de

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