Patrick Streiff

Patrick Philippe Streiff ( born July 8, 1955 in Birsfelden, Switzerland ) is a bishop of the United Methodist Church of Central and Southern Europe, which, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, France, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Austria, Poland, Switzerland Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Tunisia and Hungary includes.

Life

Patrick Streiff completed his education up to the graduation in Birsfelden and Muttenz. Then he took the road in the ecclesial service of the United Methodist Church. The theological study was carried out from 1975 to 1979 at the Theological Seminary of the United Methodist Church in Reutlingen and from 1979 to 1983 at the University of Bern, where he received his doctorate in theology in 1983.

In 1979 he married Heidi Albrecht (now Heidi Streiff ), with whom he has four children.

In 1984 he was ordained an elder ( pastor ) of the United Methodist Church. The service assignments as pastor led him to Lausanne -Vevey, Neuchâtel and Biel.

From 1988 to 2004 he was a Director of Studies at the Centre de Formation méthodiste théologique in Lausanne and from 1992 to 2004 Associate Professor of History of Christianity in modern times.

2005 Patrick Streiff was elected to Bern for an initial four years as bishop of the United Methodist Church and was ordained on April 17. It is the successor of Henry Bolleter. On 2 May 2006, he has taken office; his supervision area covers 14 countries in Europe and North Africa.

In addition to his community service and the teaching was and Patrick Streiff is active in the church 's historic area, as Chairman of the European section of the "World Methodist Historical Society " and as chairman of the Historical Committee of the United Methodist Church in Europe. He also acted as consultant to build a theological education in French-speaking countries in Africa and in Cambodia.

Works

From Dr. Patrick Streiff activity in the area of church history various shorter and more extensive publications in German, English and French are incurred, for example:

  • Reluctant Saint? A Theological Biography of Fletcher of Madeley. Epworth Press 2001, ISBN 0-7162-0546-7
  • Methodism in Europe in the 19th and 20th century. Eesti Kirik Metodist, 2003, ISBN 9985-9129-1-8
  • Methodism in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. United Methodist History, Monographs, Volume 50, 2003, ISBN 3-89725-029-2
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