Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter

Bishop of Northelbien Evangelical-Lutheran Church from 2001 to the present. Ordained Minister of the Evangelical Church of Germany (Württemberg).
She was born on 16th September1943 in Pirmasens, Rheinland/Pfalz, Federal Republic of Germany.

She is Married to the Reverend Philip Potter.

Languages: German, English, French, Greek and Latin.

Education: M. A. in Theology – Thesis on Understanding of the Church. M.A in German Language and Literature. Diploma in Education - Thesis on Developing methods of teaching social ethics in secondary schools on Third World problems.



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Developed methods for dealing with Third World questions in schools and congregations. Co-director for development education, Church of Württemberg, with special emphasis on Third World Theology, the Church and the Poor, Development and Social Responsibility, Ecumenical Learning, Non-Violent Approaches to Social Change, Anti-Apartheid activities, and the international year of the Child. (1979). Director of the Department on Women in church and society, World Council of Churches, Geneva. Member of teaching staff at the United Theology College in Kingston, Jamaica. Pastor in Stuttgart B. Member of the executive council of Christian churches in Germany.