Born in 1963 in Hessen/Germany, I became a theologian in 1982-1988 in Göttingen and Heidelberg and worked as a vicar in Kassel and as a New Testament Assistant in Marburg. From 1993 until today I am pastor in the „Evangelische Matthäuskirchengemeinde Bad Hersfeld“ (EKKW). Working as steward in the International CEC-Conference in Stirling/Scotland 1984 founded my lifelong ecumenical passion. Latest experiences with big meetings in Sept. 2022 (steward in the WCC Assembly Karlsruhe) and June 2023 (steward in the Special Olympics, Berlin). I love cinema since I saw „Ben Hur“ at the age of 11, four hours on wooden seats in our local village-cinema. In our Bad Hersfeld Cineplex we offer regularly the event „Kirche im Kino“ (Church and Cinema), introducing 9 films per year.
Pastor
Country of origin
Germany
Festivals
Current issues
"Defiant" by director Visa Koiso-Kanttila wins the Prize of the Church Media Foundation in Finland at the International Chidren's and Youth Festival in Oulu 2025.
The Hof Film Festival is now in its 58th year and has become a hallmark of the city, which is why Hof likes to call itself the “Home of Films,” a phrase that is said to have originated with Wim Wenders. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the Munich film scene came to Hof (...). As a nostalgic reminder, this year there was a 35mm screening of Fassbinder's early work “Gods of the Plague”. Peter Paul Huth reports about the festival.
Events
16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2