The people of God are the prism through which God's light wants to shine into this world. Let us not be restorers, but a vanguard of the coming Kingdom of God!

— Walter Hümmer (1909–1972), Pfarrer, Gründer der Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz

Topics: Witness & Mission, Church & Congregation

Walter Hümmer

Walter Hümmer (1909–1972) war ein deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Pfarrer und Mitglied der Bekennenden Kirche, der vor allem im oberfränkischen Selbitz wirkte. Zusammen mit seiner Ehefrau Hanna begründete er die Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz und wurde damit zu einem Pionier evangelischen Ordenslebens, das sich an verbindlicher Nachfolge, Gebet und diakonischer Gemeindearbeit orientierte. Für Bibelleser stehen seine Schriften für ein vertrauensvolles Festhalten an Gott in Krisen sowie für Impulse zu einer geistlichen Erneuerung aus geschwisterlicher Gemeinschaft.

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