Wilhard Becker

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Wilhard Becker (born June 14, 1927 in Neu-Isenburg ; † April 26, 2017 in Springe ) was a German Baptist pastor . He is considered a co-initiator of the German charismatic movement . He gained fame primarily through his writing and his work as a psychotherapist.

Life

After completing his matriculation examination , Wilhard Becker studied Protestant theology from 1947 to 1950 - first at the theological faculty of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and then at the theological seminar of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches , which was then based in Hamburg-Horn . During his studies in 1949, he and others founded the missionary-oriented caller work and took over its management. From 1950 to 1958 he was youth pastor of the Evangelical Free Church Regional Association of Lower Saxony. In this function, he was initially based in Northeim and from 1955 in Hanover . In 1958 he was appointed full-time manager of the caller work . Two years later, the Evangelical Free Church in Hanover, Walderseestrasse, appointed him as the successor to Georg Würfel as their parish pastor. Becker resigned from this office in 1964, but remained in responsible positions in community work until 1968.

Following his community service, Wilhard Becker accepted the call to the ecumenical life center for Christian unity ( Craheim Castle ). Together with Father Eugen Mederlet and Pastor Arnold Bittlinger , he ran this institution, which played a key role in the introduction of the charismatic movement in Germany, until 1975.

Becker then completed a four-year training course as a psychotherapist . The training location was the specialist hospital in Wilhelmsdorf . In 1979 he returned to Hanover, where he worked in various fields until 1986. Until 1982 he was director of studies at the Evangelical-Free Church Heimvolkshochschule Kirchröder Turm . This was followed by a part-time employment as a pastor's pastor by the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches . In addition to this activity, Becker ran his own therapeutic practice in Hanover.

In 1986 Wilhard Becker changed his place of residence and moved to Schöntal . Even after his retirement, Becker was active in therapy. His other areas of work included the implementation of management training courses, extensive lectures and seminars and the implementation of pastoral conferences in the Schöntal Abbey .

In addition to his community, pastoral care and lecture work, Wilhard Becker was mainly active as a writer. His service was not only judged positively. His theological and therapeutic positions met with some fierce criticism, especially in evangelical circles.

Becker was married to the artist and writer Kristin Becker (née Donsbach). He died in Springe.

Selected works

  • God is so close! , Northeim 1963.
  • Don't babble like the pagans , Wuppertal 1971.
  • One could live completely differently (together with Ulrich Schaffer ), Stuttgart 1987.
  • Gifted for one another. Holding on and letting go in marriage (together with Kristin Becker), Stuttgart 1995.
  • You are richer than you think. Development steps towards your own personality , Stuttgart 1996.
  • Better known misfortune than unknown happiness (together with Ulrich Schaffer and Ernst Kaufmann), Stuttgart 1997.
  • Intimate. A free word on sexuality , Stuttgart 1997.

literature

  • Evangelical Free Church Community Hanover, Walderseestrasse (Hrsg.): With roots into the future. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary , Hanover 2004, p. 30 f.
  • Evangelical Free Church Community Hanover, Walderseestrasse (Hrsg.): Our story. A documentation about the development and work of a Christian community in Hanover , Hanover 2004, p. 44.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptist theologian and therapist Wilhard Becker dies news portal Idea, May 9, 2017; accessed on May 12, 2017.
  2. ^ History of the charismatic movement in Germany ; Evangelical Movement website ; viewed here on September 22, 2009.
  3. ↑ The regional associations of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches were called back then associations ; today they are called regional associations .
  4. ↑ Dr. Franziskus Joest: The contribution of spiritual communities to ecumenism  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Lecture given at the German Catholic Congress in Saarbrücken 2006 (Document 1482); accessed on September 22, 2009.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.katholikentag.net  
  5. ↑ The biographical information comes from the book Our Story. A documentation about the “development and work of a Christian community in Hanover” (published by the Evangelical Free Church Community Hanover, Walderseestrasse), Hanover 2004, p. 44
  6. ↑ Beginning of the charismatic movement . Opinion on “Should one pray prophetically?”, IdeaSpektrum 6/2007. Accessed September 22, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Wilhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baptist pastor, psychotherapist, writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Neu-Isenburg
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 2017
Place of death Jump