St George's
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St George's Anglican Church | Berlin
Address of church and parish office | Kirche und Pfarrbüro
Preussenallee 17 - 19 | 14052 Berlin | Neu-Westend | Germany
Office administrator | Pfarrsekretariat
Mr Ansir Gil
Email address | E-Mail Adresse
Phone | Telefon
+49(0)30 30 41 280
Clergy
The Reverend Canon Christopher Jage-Bowler | [email protected]
is the pastor (vicar) of St George’s Anglican Church Berlin.
Born in Northampton, he studied theology in Cambridge and India
before he was ordained at Bristol Cathedral.
Christopher is co-chair of the Council of Anglican/Episcopal Churches in Germany.
For many years Christopher was the area dean for Germany. He is specifically interested in inter-religious dialogue and spirituality. In 2006 Christopher introduced the ‘Pfarrer - Imame’ (Pastors - Imams) inter-religious football game in Berlin. We now have an interfaith cricket team too: Cricket for Peace. [email protected]
The Reverend Joachim Reich
is the assistant pastor of St George's Anglican Church, Berlin.
Joachim was born in 1966 in the south-west of Germany and brought up as a Roman Catholic. He studied philosophy, RC theology, islam and comparative religion at the universities of Freiburg/Breisgau, Bonn and St Patick's College/Ireland and spent a year studying in Cairo and Istanbul. Having graduated, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1999. Joachim then worked as an RC vicar in Berlin and Leipzig and in various other pastoral roles.
He trained for ministry as an Anglican priest at ERMC, Cambridge, after being received into the Church of England on 10 March 2018.
Joachim is a licensed systemic individual, couple and family therapist, a psychosexual counsellor and a clinical sexologist. He works at St George's as an assistant pastor and as a therapist in his own private practice.
Honorary Clergy (non-stipendiary)
The Reverend Dr Martin George | [email protected]
Martin, born in Berlin, studied philosophy and Protestant theology in Berlin, Tübingen and Erlangen, and Orthodox theology at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.
In 1977 he completed a Clinical Pastoral Education at St Luke's Hospital, New York City. Martin finished the vicariate in Munich with the second theological exam and was a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern) since 1979. From 1991 to 2014 Martin was a professor of Ancient Church History at the University of Berne/Switzerland. From 2016 up to the present he is a senior professor of Ancient Church History at Humboldt University Berlin. After his reception into the Church of England Martin has been ordained a deacon in 2020 and a priest 2021. He supports our parish clergy. [email protected]
The Reverend Daniel Conklin (retired)
The Episcopal Church of the United States of America
Churchwardens
Ms Barbara Boshold
Mr Joseph Unegbu
Church Council Members
Ms Amanda Plante-Kropp
Mr Austin Marcus (synod rep)
Mr David Antal
Ms Emilia Monica-Kamsi (synod rep)
Mr Geoffrey Namara
Ms Jean Frick
Ms Marcela Araya Soto
Mr Prince Onwughara-Obinna
Ms Rachael Drake
Ms Ruth David
Mr Sean Bonner
Ms Shirley Bingham-Erb
Mr Varun Korabandi
Safeguarding Officers
Dr Klaus Brackmann
[email protected]
Treasurer
Mr Varun Korabandi
Electoral Roll Officer
Ms Judith Nurrish-Weiß
Ecumenical Officer
Dr Klaus Brackmann
Church Music St George's and Marienkirche
Organists | Mr Scott Clemons | Ms Lora Beebe | Mr Amaru Soren
St George's Choir Director | Mr Andrew Sims
St George's Services and Liturgy Volunteer Rota Coordinator
Mr Ansir Gil
Marienkirche Services and Liturgy Volunteer Rota Coordinator
Mr John Roper
News Editor
Dr Antony Green
Webmaster
The Revd Joachim Reich
Maintainence (church and church hall)
Mr Sean Bonner
St George's Garden
Ms Christine Krankemann