Peter Beyerhaus (1929-2020)

Peter Paul Jonannes Beyerhaus was a German pastor, theologian, missionary scholar and academic teacher.

Peter was ordained as a pastor by the bishop of Berlin in1955. He served with the Berlin Mission society in Transvaal and Natal in South Africa from 1957-65.
He did not want to leave but his daughter Karolina became ill and realised it was time to move on.

From 1966-77 he was the professor of missionary theology and ecumenical theology at the university of Tubingen. He lectured around the world.

In 1872 he was elected president of the Theological Convention of Confessing Fellowships in Germany.

In 1988 he fell out with his faculty. The liberals in his faculty wanted to honour the Dalai Lama with the Lucas Prize for Peace. (Read Standing for truth)

In 1989 he became honorary rector of Kornal Graduate School for Mission.

Peter was a man who would speak uncompromisingly and yet be concerned for the individuals involved. A man with a mission to keep the church on course and growing healthily.

On the 5th October 2018 the Society of Peter Beyerhaus was founded in his name in South Korea.

He died on 18th January this year -2020 aged 90

Sources used * Ambassadors for Christ contribution from Elaine Rhoton
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