Wilfried Bohlen

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Wilfried Bohlen (born March 23, 1944 in Westerstede ) is a retired Baptist clergyman who was active in management positions in his free church for over 18 years . Since 2008 he has been Chairman of the Presidium of World Vision Germany .

Life

Wilfried Bohlen comes from a Baptist family and grew up in Ammerland . He first learned to be a businessman and, after completing his professional training, studied from 1965 to 1970 at the theological seminar of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in Hamburg-Horn . Bohlen completed his vicariate in the Evangelical Free Church Community of Uetersen and in 1973 was recognized as a pastor of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches . From 1975 to 1978 he was pastor in Kiel and then youth pastor of the Evangelical-Free Church State Association of the Rhineland based in Leichlingen (Rhineland) . In 1983 he took over the management of the family holiday resort Dorfweil im Taunus , which he held until 1991.

In the same year, the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in Germany appointed him as the successor to Herbert Sczepan as speaker of the home mission. In this function, he was responsible for the nationwide missionary work of the Free Church, including its tent mission . In 2003, a structural reform took place within the Evangelical Free Church Association. In this context, Wilfried Bohlen took over the management of the Mission department , which now also includes the Baptist external mission . In addition to his full-time job, Bohlen also worked in a responsible position for several years in the German branch of the Willow Creek movement. Bohlen also served on the main board of the German Evangelical Alliance for twelve years , including six years on its executive committee . Since 2008 he has been the successor of Wilfried Reuter and the 1st chairman of the children's aid organization World Vision . He remained in this position even after he retired in 2009.

Publications

  • Congregation for Others: The applicability of the Willow Creek congregation building principles for building new free church congregations in the German context (together with Maximilian Hölzl and Michael Herbst). Oncken, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-87939-204-8
  • (Ed.): Workbook for the tent mission. Association of Evangelical Free Churches in Germany. Oncken, Kassel 1991.
  • Lied Licht im Nacht (together with Michael Noss )

literature

  • Klaus Rösler: On the way in the name of the Lord: Wilfried Bohlen retired. In: The community. March 31, 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical pages , website of the Evangelical Free Church Community Uetersen, viewed on April 28, 2010
  2. ↑ (Wayback) article On the way in the name of the Lord: Wilfried Bohlen in retirement ( Memento from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); accessed on April 28, 2010
  3. ↑ Press release World Vision Germany 2008 ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 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. (PDF file; 34 kB), accessed on April 28, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.worldvision.de
  4. ↑ Songselect.de: Licht im Nacht ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on May 18, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.songselect.com
personal data
SURNAME Bohlen, Wilfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baptist pastor and chairman of World Vision Germany
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Westerstede