Hans Joachim Schliep

Hans Joachim Schliep (born 22 March 1945 Drangstedt) is a German Lutheran theologian and pastor. Since September 2008 he is the Commissioner for the Environment (German: Umweltbeauftragter) [1] of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover. From 1990 to 1999 he was Director of the Office of Community Service (now the House of church Offices) and the Commissioner for the Environment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover and the Protestant confederation Churches in Lower Saxony. (German: Konföderation evangelischer Kirchen in Niedersachsen).[2] From 1999 to 2008 Hans Joachim Schliep was the first pastor at the Evangelical Church Centre Kronsberg and Founder of the Church Congregation at the Expo-Settlement Hanover-Kronsberg.

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Biography

Study

Schliep finished Junior High School in 1961 and started an apprenticeship at the Seebeck Shipyard in Bremerhaven as an industrial clerk and worked there until 1965. In 1969 he attended the Jung-Stilling-College in Espelkamp (Ecclesiastical Institute for the attainment of higher education) for his High School Diploma and finished a study of Evangelical Theology, philosophy and in social sciences. In 1974 Schliep gained a First Theology Degree at the Ruhr University Bochum. He began his curate in 1974 at the Ev. Bochum-Stiepel village church and passed the second Theol. Exam in the Ev. Church of Westphalia in 1976.

Career

In 1976 he joined his first job as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Cross in Bremerhaven.

1983 Schliep 1983 Schliep was appointed to the National Church Office Hanover (German: Landeskirchenamt Hannover) as an Head of Unit (German: Oberkirchenrat)and Councillor including the training of pastors, adult education and folk high schools. During this time organized Schliep the Talks between church + business and trade unions (from 1983–2000) and took part in talks with various state governments. In the year 1984 Schliep took over the office of Chairman of Examiners for the second Theological examination (per ministerio). In 2001 he handed over his chairmanship and remained until the year 2004 Member of the Board of Examiners.

On 1 March 1990 Schliep was appointed as Director of the Office of Community Service (now the House of church Offices) and Commissioner for the Environment (German: Umweltbeauftragter) (until 31 May 2000) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover and the Protestant confederation Churches in Lower Saxony .In his position as Director of the Office of Community Service in a responsible role, he built the "Help for Chernobyl Children" with the Hanover Church on. From 1994 to 1999 Schliep was moreover Department Head, Councillor and Member in the College ( German: Oberlandeskirchenrat) of the national church office in Hanover.

Hans Joachim Schliep left his leadership offices at his own request in April 1999 and became pastor[3] in the Evangelical Church Centre[4] in Hannover-Kronsberg, which was established in 2000 in connection with the EXPO 2000 in Hanover(motto "Humankind-Nature-Technology"). As Kronsbergpastor he was Founder and Responsible for Building of the Church Congregation at the development area (Expo-settlement), created for Expo 2000 at Hanover-Kronsberg.[5] He worked for several years as pastor of the youngest forming Protestant Church Congregation in Germany.

From September 2008 to March 2010 Hans Joachim Schliep was Theol. Speaker at the Center for Health Ethics at the Ev. Academy Loccum and again as a Commissioner for the environment of the Evangelical Lutheran. Church of Hanover operates. Since Apr 01, 2010 he took the office of the Commissioner for the Environment and voluntarily retired as pastor but still holds religious services, lectures, etc.

Other offices and memberships (selection)

Writings (selection)

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.evlka.de/archiv_synode.php3?s=4&contentTypeID=0&id=13388&synodeID=25
  2. ^ Neue Presse (Newspaper Hanover) From 17.02.1999 "Kirchenchef will wieder Predigen"
  3. ^ http://johannis.trilos.de/gemeinde/personen/pastoren/1086707832.html
  4. ^ HAZ (Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung) (Newspaper from Hanover) 9.10. 2000 "Gottes Nähe zwischen Glas, granit und Stahlbeton"
  5. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung vom 25-03. 1999: Im Aufwind fühlt er sich am wohlsten