Wilhelm Pahls
Wilhelm Pahls (born March 8, 1936 in Celle ) is a German evangelist and preacher.
Life
Pahls was initially a car mechanic , then a sales representative , then a commercial clerk in a motor vehicle company, occasionally also truck driver for a short time . At 20, he experienced a conversion . He gave his first sermons at the age of 21. In 1960 he was co-founder and later head of the mission work Die Bruderhand e. V. At the age of 25 he became a full-time evangelist and carried out numerous evangelistic campaigns - initially mainly in German-speaking countries including Switzerland and Austria , later also in France , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Russia , Poland , Romania , Brazil , Paraguay , Canada and South Africa . He also went on study trips (including to Israel , Egypt , Jordan , Greece and Turkey ). Pahls is one of the best-known evangelists in German-speaking countries.
Wilhelm Pahls is married to Johanna Pahls for the second time after his first wife Margrit died in 1992. He has four children from his first marriage and lives in Wienhausen near Celle .
Publications
- Religion or gospel? , Schwengeler-Verlag, Berneck 1998, ISBN 978-3-85666-068-0 .
- Is he alive? - Beat him to death! Autobiography, part 1. Brunnen Verlag (Basel) 2006, ISBN 978-3-7655-1388-6 .
- With full steam through the continents . Autobiography, part 2. Brunnen Verlag, Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-7655-1402-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Pahls in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of Wilhelm Pahls at Missionswerk Bruderhand e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evangelist Pahls 80: Must preach about heaven and hell , idea.de, report from March 8, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pahls, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German evangelist, preacher and founder of the mission work Die Bruderhand |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |