Volker Brecht

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Volker Brecht (born February 20, 1965 in Michelfeld ) is a German Protestant theologian , life and social counselor, lecturer and author.

Life

After graduating from high school in Östringen, Brecht studied theology at the theological seminar of the Liebenzeller Mission from 1984 to 1989 , which was followed by training as a social counselor and coaching at the ARI Institute from 1993 to 1996 and in 2002 at the BTS Association for Psychology and Pastoral Care for Pastoral Care Life advisor added. In 1996, he completed a master's degree at the German branch of Columbia International University at the Academy for World Mission in Korntal. In his master's thesis Between Regional Church and Free Church: The Search of the Community Movement for its own understanding of the community , he examines sustainable community models. From 2001 to 2004 he did a doctorate at the University of South Africa (UNISA) under the supervision of Johannes Reimer , where he graduated with a Master of Theology (M.Th.) in 2003 and in 2005 with his dissertation on the missiological relevance of church counseling was promoted to Doctor of Theology .

From 1989 he worked in the community development of the South German Community in Biberach an der Riss . From 1998 to 2016 he was the managing joint pastor in Böblingen . In addition, since 2004 he has been working as a guest lecturer for business ethics at the Steinbeis University in Berlin and Stuttgart, at the Adelshofen Theological Seminary , since 2006 at the Marburg Bible Seminar and in the social transformation study program he co-founded .

Since 1995 he has worked as a freelance coach and consultant in individual and couple counseling as well as in the area of ​​value-oriented management coaching and management consulting for SMEs and as a speaker. Brecht is a member of the German Network for Business Ethics (DNWE) and author of several management specialist literature.

Since 2016 he has been managing director of the “Foundation for Basic Values ​​and International Understanding”.

Volker Brecht has been married to Birgit since 1990. The couple has three children and lives in Böblingen .

Publications

  • Between regional church and free church. The search of the community movement for its own understanding of the community , SCM R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2002, ISBN 978-3-417-29094-3 .
  • The missiological relevance of community counseling (additional dissertation, University of South Africa, Pretoria 2005), Lit Verlag, Münster 2006, ISBN 978-3-8258-9400-9 ( PDF ).
  • with Martin Kimmich: Ethics and Conflict Management , Steinbeis Edition, Stuttgart 2009.
  • with Martin Kimmich: Ethics and Conflict Management. Introduction. Basic Principles. Exercises. Literature , Steinbeis Edition, Stuttgart 2010.

as co-editor

  • with Tobias Faix and Johannes Reimer (eds.): Changing the world. Basic questions of a theology of transformation . (= Transformation studies . Volume 2). Verlag der Francke-Buchhandlung, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86827-122-5 .
  • with Tobias Müller, Stefan Bösner and Tobias Faix (eds.): Tat. Place. Faith: 21 inspiring practical examples between community and society , Verlag der Francke-Buchhandlung, Marburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86827-385-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brecht: Vita , academia.edu, accessed on July 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Dissertation: The missiological relevance of community counseling
  3. ^ Executive community pastors. In: 100 years with God from person to person: Festschrift of the South German Community Sindelfingen , p.9 , sv-sindelfingen.de
  4. ^ Lecturer at the "Steinbeis Center of Management and Technology" , scmt.com, accessed on July 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ Lecturer at MBS Academy , mbs-akademie.de, accessed on July 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Lecturer at ITS ( Memento from July 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ BTS- Beratung, bts-ips.de, accessed on August 31, 2019.
  8. ↑ Coach at Menaris , menaris.eu, accessed on July 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ BeratungenPlus , giesekus.de, accessed on July 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ Speaker of the lecture series “Human Center” , enznagold.de
  11. ↑ Speaker at xpand Think Tank 2011
  12. ↑ Managing Director of the "Foundation for Basic Values ​​and International Understanding" , in- responsibilityung.de, accessed on September 15, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Brecht, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, life and social counselor and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Michelfeld