ACADEMIC FUNCTION: Apl. Professor of Systematic Theology SHORT VITA: 1955: b. In Wildeck-Bosserode 1975: Abitur at the Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium in Dortmund 1975-1981: Study of the Ev. Theology in Bochum, Göttingen and Münster 1981: First Theological Examination at Ev. Church of Westphalia 1981-1984: vicariate: Trinitatiskirchengemeinde in Münster (including school vicariate) 1984: Second theological examination at Ev. Church of Westphalia 1984-1986: Pastor, for example, in the St. Petri-Pauli church community at Soest 1984: Ordination 1986-2006: Parishioner of the 2nd parish office, responsible for school services Synodal commissioner for pastoral formation, for adult education as well as for ecumenism and mission (three Synodalbeauftragungen) Chairman Missions / Ecumenical Committee and Adult Education Committee, since 2008 Chairman Theological Committee Ecumenical Commissioner of the "Council of Christian Communities" and representative in the "Working Community of Christian Churches of North-Rhine Westphalia" (ACK) 1992: Doctorate (Systematic Theology) at the Protestant Theological Faculty of Münster 1993: Theology and Ecumenical Prize of the Catholic Theological Faculty of Regensburg (for the dissertation: "The Bible and the Unity of the Churches: An Examination of the Studies of Faith and the Church's Constitution". 2012) Since 1993 Teaching activity at the ecclesiastical seminar of Ev. Church of Westphalia Lectures, seminars and educational events at various levels (from regional to global theological and ecumenical level, including theological exchange with the Lutheran Church of Sweden, Baltic Theological Conference, etc.) Representatives of the EKD and the Conference of European Churches (KEK) at several World Church Conferences and Consultations 2003-2006: Ecumenical Commissioner in the "Regional Working Group" of several church groups 2004: Habilitation (Systematic Theology) at the Protestant Theological Faculty of Münster 2005: Theological and Ecumenical Prize of the Catholic Theological Faculty of Regensburg (for the Habilitationsschrift: "The Self-Enclosure of the Three-Dimensional God, the Basis of an Ecumenical Revelation, God-Church-Conclusion." The Theology and Ecumenical Prize of the University of Regensburg Since 2004: Privatdozent at the Protestant Theological Faculty of Münster Since 2006: pastor of the ev. Church of Westphalia for ecumenical tasks (ACK-NRW, Catholica, Kirchenkreis Arnsberg), combined with teaching activity at the University of Münster (Systematic Theology) Since 2009: additionally Lehrauptrag for Systematic Theology at the University of Bielefeld 2010 Appointment as apl. Professor of Systematic Theology (University of Münster)

Gotteslehre, ecclesiology, cosmology, ecumenism, Hermeneutical basic questions, Relationship between theology and philosophy, Relationship between theology and science, Relationship between dogmatics and ethics