Curriculum vitae

Personal
15 May 1947	Born in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Since 1971	Married in 1971 to Dorothea Lutteroth. Three children: Mareike (1974), Jan-Paul (1976-1997) and Peter (1979)
Education and Experience
1954-1958	Elementary school in Heilbronn, Germany
1958-1967	Secondary School (Gymnasium) in Heilbronn with diploma and qualification for university studies
1967-1968	Language College of the Protestant Church of Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany (for Latein, Greek and Hebrew)
1968-1973	University course in Protestant Theology and Philosophy at the Universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg. Full scholarship at the Protestant Seminary in Tübingen. Passed the First Examination for Service in the Protestant Ministry at the University of Tübingen which is equivalent to the Master of Theology
1973-1974	Editor for Church Affairs with Saarland Radio, Saarbrücken, Germany
1974-1976	Chief Editor for the Information Service of the Evangelical Alliance of Germany
1976-1977	Curacy, concluding with the Second Examination for Service in the Protestant Ministry and ordination in Schorndorf in the Protestant Church of Württemberg (equivalent to the Master of Ministry)
1977-1979	Assistant Pastor in Schorndorf, Germany
1979-1982	Academic Assistant in Systematic Theology in the Department of Protestant Theology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
1982-1984	General Secretary of the German Student Mission (SMD), Marburg, Germany. A member organization of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES)
1984-1989	Lecturer in the Seminar for Curates sponsored by the Protestant Church of Württemberg, Concentration in Homiletics and Pastoral Theology
1986	Elected to the Executive Committee of the World Evangelical Fellowship Theological Commission (WEF-TC)
1986-1991	Convener of the Theological Education Study Unit of the WEF-TC
1989-1995	Lecturer and Student Adviser in the Albrecht-Bengel-Haus, Tübingen, Germany
1990	Doctorate in Protestant Theology at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, with a dissertation on Karl Heim
1991-1996	Convener of the Faith and Church Study Unit of the WEF-TC
1993-2013	Chairman of the Fellowship of German Evangelical Theologians (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für evangelikale Theologie/AfeT)
1994-2000	President of the German Evangelical Alliance
1995-2009	Principal of Albrecht-Bengel-Haus, Tübingen (Theological Seminary)
1996-2008	Executiv chairman of the World Evangelical Fellowship Theological Commission (WEF/TC)
2008-2016	Director for ecumenical affairs of the WEA (formerly the WEF)
2009-2013	Released from former duties to undertake a scholarly research project, connected with the leadership and development of a doctoral supervisory program for the Albrecht-Bengel-Haus
2013-2019  Since 2021	Professor for Systematic Theology at the German Theological Seminary in Gießen University council of the State-Independent Theological University in Basel