Wolfgang Wegert

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Wolfgang Wegert (* 1943 ) is a German pastor , author and Christian television preacher . He became known to a larger audience at home and abroad (especially in Eastern Europe) through the weekly television program Die Fernsehkanzel , which has been broadcast since 1987 until today. He has also been dubbed the "Nation's Television Pastor" in the media.

Life

After completing his studies, Wolfgang Wegert initially worked as a civil engineer, primarily in bridge construction. It was not until late that he decided to embark on a free church pastoral career and finally became pastor of Arche Hamburg, where he had previously been active as a voluntary youth leader. In 1984 he founded the Arche mission as a pastor as part of the church work . In the course of this he started broadcasting radio sermons on Radio Luxemburg . From 1987 his sermons were broadcast weekly on private broadcasters. Theologically he began as a Pentecostal . Since the end of 2008, the church and mission organization Arche has been assigned to the Free Church Reformed congregations.

Wegert lives in Quickborn , is married and has two daughters and a son, Christian Wegert . He has been the main pastor of the Arche congregation and missionary organization in Hamburg since autumn 2010 and is also active as a television preacher.

criticism

Two days after the 150 victims of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps had been commemorated in a funeral service and state funeral act in Cologne Cathedral , Wolfgang Wegert said in his Sunday sermon on April 19, 2015:

“Because when people die, whether in a retirement home or in a plane crash, they die because they are guilty. This may have to be crossed out from the show. But it remains true. When people die, whether in a retirement home or in a plane crash, they die because they are guilty. Because because of our sin, we all deserve death. Without delay. Our question should not be 'Why did they have to die?', But should be 'Why are we still allowed to live?' "

Wegert's statement was discussed and criticized in various media. In response, he apologized for his wording. The Arche mission agency published an official statement on its website and the corresponding sentences were removed from the published sermon.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Nation's Television Pastors , accessed September 20, 2018
  2. ↑ Ark Congregation - Our Story . Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ The Huffington Post Report . Retrieved October 2, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Wegert, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, author and Christian television preacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1943