Wolfgang stage

Wolfgang Buhne (born May 18, 1946 ) is a German evangelist , publisher , bookseller and author of evangelistic and apologetic literature. He belongs to the Brethren Movement .

Live and act

Stage comes from a Christian family and grew up in Schwelm . Until he was 15 he was not interested in questions of faith. By reading the biography of the Essen youth pastor Wilhelm Busch about his brother Johannes , however, he became a Christian .

After completing an apprenticeship as a druggist in Wuppertal , he began in 1968 as an evangelist with a missionary youth work in Schwelm. This work continued in the "Freizeitheim Schoppen" in Meinerzhagen , which he founded in 1972, as a non-profit organization from 1974. In 1972 he also founded the “Christian Bookstore Stage” there. In 1983, this resulted in the Christian Literature Distribution publishing house, based in Bielefeld, where Bühne is still active in the management. Since 1970 he has been the editor of the magazine he founded, firm and loyal , which previously appeared from 1968 under the name of the Bible Course . He edited a number of the writings of Charles Haddon Spurgeon . In mission countries such as China and Honduras, he is involved in training staff and developing evangelistic literature. He belongs to the “Working Group of Biblical Publishers” and is one of the supporters of the “Biblical Confession Conference Wittenberg 2017”.

Private

Wolfgang Bühne has been married to his wife Ulla since 1969. The couple has seven children, lives in Meinerzhagen and is part of the Brethren Congregation “Christian Schoppen”.

Publications

• Love yourself? Friendship, love, sexuality - and following Jesus , publishing house and writing mission of the Evangelical Society for Germany, Wuppertal 1986, ISBN 978-3-87857-213-8 .
• I am also a Catholic - the Holy Scriptures and the dogmas of the Church , Christian Literature Distribution , Bielefeld 1988, 5th edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-89397-122-0 .
• Playing with fire , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 1989, ISBN 978-3-89397-210-4 .
• If God were really ... , Christian Literature Distribution, Bielefeld 1994, 11th edition 2020, ISBN 978-3-86699-409-6 .
• Can love be a sin? Friendship, love, sexuality - and following Jesus , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 1995, ISBN 978-3-89397-763-5 .
• The prophets are coming , Christian Literature Distribution, Bielefeld 2nd edition 1995, ISBN 978-3-89397-240-1 .
• The rest of the restless , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 1996, ISBN 978-3-89397-780-2 .
• Liberated to life , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 1997, ISBN 978-3-89397-768-0 .
• The prayer life of Jesus: encouragement and challenge , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-86699-312-9 .
• Hezekiah: The Man Who Trusted God , Christian Literature Distribution, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-86699-318-1 .
• Elisa: One of God's blessings , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 2018, ISBN 978-3-86699-373-0 .

as a co-author

• with Wolfgang Dyck : From prison to pulpit: The life of Wolfgang Dyck , publishing house and writing mission of the Evangelical Society for Germany 1976; CLV, Bielefeld 10th edition 1998, ISBN 978-3-89397-407-8 .
• with Andreas Alt: Football - the game of life , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 2006, 4th revised. Edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-89397-555-6 .

as editor

• The fetters of the free. Not only death has the answer to life , Verlag der Evangelische Gesellschaft für Deutschland , Wuppertal 1981, ISBN 978-3-87857-169-8 .
• Sören Kierkegaard : Christian mirror. A selection , R. Brockhaus , Wuppertal 1982, ISBN 978-3-417-24061-0 .
• Rest of the restless: dropouts report , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 1983, ISBN 978-3-89397-101-5 .
• Longing of the betrayed. Confessions , Christian Literature Distribution, Bielefeld 1987, 6th edition 1992, ISBN 978-3-89397-111-4 .
• Cursed to be? Evidence of Hope , Christian Literature Distribution, Bielefeld 1990, ISBN 978-3-89397-137-4 .
• Sören Kierkegaard: Crime scene Christianity: a selection , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 1998, ISBN 978-3-89397-265-4 .
• Tanz am Abgrund , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 2001, ISBN 978-3-89397-470-2 .
• The happiness of the lost: Confessions , Christian literature distribution, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-86699-131-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Bühne in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Wolfgang Bühne  in the German Digital Library
• Christian Bookstore Stage - website
• Lectures (MP3) by Wolfgang Bühne on Sermon-Online
• Stage in an interview with Sergej Pauli on June 27, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Freizeitheim Schoppen: About us , schoppen.org, accessed on May 12, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Meinerzhagen: Evangelical publisher Wolfgang Bühne is 70 , ideaSpektrum , issue No. 20 of May 19, 2016, p. 33.
3. ↑ Wenzhou: the "Jerusalem" of China - Since 2004 the Evangelist and bookseller from Meinerzhagen has been visiting house churches in China at least once a year. In: TOPIC , issue No. 9/2013.
4. ↑ Speakers of the Bibeltage , beg-hannover.de, accessed on June 18, 2016.
5. ↑ Working group of biblical journalists ( memento from May 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), betanien.de, accessed on June 18, 2016.
6. ↑ Supporters of the "Bible Confession Conference Wittenberg 2017"