Ralf Meister

Ralf Meister ( born January 5, 1962 in Hamburg ) is a Lutheran theologian and bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover.

Life and work

Ralf Meister studied Protestant theology and Jewish Studies at the Universities of Hamburg and Jerusalem. After graduation, he worked as a researcher at the University of Hamburg.

From 1990 to 1992 attended master the Vicariate in Lauenburg / Elbe and 1992 was ordained to the service of a pastor in the North Elbe Evangelical Lutheran Church.

After the Vicariate was Ralf Meister 1992 Managing Director of the university job " church for the city." In 1996 he moved as a lecturer in the editorial keel of the Evangelical Broadcasting Department of the North German churches. He was known to listeners of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR ) in the coverage area of ​​the federal states of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig -Holstein through numerous posts. Since 1999, Champion was also the editors of the international ecumenical magazine "Art and the Church" to.

In 2001 Ralf Meister received the vocation to Lübeck to take over the duties as provost of the church district of Lübeck Northelbian church as the successor of Niels Hasselmann. Under his direction, the church circle the first of the national church, the municipal reform and led to a large municipalities. He also called the fundraiser " Seven Towers " for the rehabilitation of the Old Town of Lübeck churches into life. A further focus was missionary deals for the city.

In 2001 Ralf Meister to a spokesman for the word Sunday in the First German Television (ARD) was also determined, thus he gained a nationwide reputation.

On 1 November 2007, the Evangelical Church of Berlin -Brandenburg -Silesian Upper Lusatia elected him General Superintendent of the Ward Berlin, belonged 800,000 parishioners in 14 church districts of Berlin and Brandenburg in the border areas. In a festive service in Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church Ralf Meister was on Pentecost Sunday, May 11, 2008, introduced as the successor to Michael Martin- Passau in his office. At the same Passau was passed in retirement.

In autumn 2010 champion was named as one of two candidates to succeed Margot Käßmann in the Office of the State Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover. In the first round of voting on 24 November 2010 by 76 votes master could win 39 ( 51.3 %) of the vote; for a voting decision he had a 2/3-majority needed. The rival candidate Wolfgang gladly withdrew his candidacy after the ballot, so that master for the second round was the only candidate. In the second round champion received 64 of 76 votes ( 84.2 %), thus achieving the necessary two -thirds majority. He was introduced on 26 March 2011 in Hannover Market church from the Presiding Bishop of the VELKD, Johannes Friedrich in the Office of the State Bishop. His successor in Berlin took the Hesse - Nassau theologian Ulrike Trautwein.

Ralf Meister is remarried and has three children.

Other offices / Memberships

Through the Office of the State Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover

  • Chairman of the Regional Church Office at Hannover
  • Presidency of the Church of the Senate and the Council of Bishops of the Church of Hanover.
  • Chairman of the Mission Committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony
  • Member of the Convention of Kloster Loccum
  • Member of the Board of the Social Service Agency of Lower Saxony
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of EMSZ
  • Member of Council of the Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony
  • A member of the Episcopal Conference of VELKD

More

  • Since 12/2011: Chairman of the Council of the Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony.
  • Since 12/ 2012: Member of the Board of the Community of the Protestant journalism ( GEP)
  • Since 05 /2013: Deputy Chairman of the line circuit Reformation anniversary in 2017 of the EKD and DEKT
  • Board member of the Society for Christian- Jewish Cooperation in Hamburg

Works

  • Co-editor of the lexicon Hamburger religious communities, as well as of faith. A lexicon for the young and the lexicon Judaism - the 100 most important data.
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