Oberkirchenrat Udo Hahn Named EKD Communications Director
The Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in Germany has appointed Oberkirchenrat Udo Hahn as communications director. Hahn, 42, a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, will take up his new position in the second half of the year, succeeding Oberkirchenrat Robert Mehlhose, who retired early 2004.
Since 1999, Hahn has been press and public relations officer of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD) and the Hanover-based Lutheran World Federation (LWF) German National Committee (GNC). Since 2001 he has been in charge of press relations for the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe. Hahn studied Protestant theology in Erlangen, Neuendettelsau and Munich in Germany. In his new position with the EKD, Hahn will be responsible for the organization's communication and public relations activities.
The EKD includes 24 Lutheran, Reformed and United regional churches in Germany. The VELKD is an association of eight regional Lutheran churches in Bavaria, Brunswick, Hanover, Mecklenburg, North Elbia, Saxony, Schaumburg-Lippe and Thuringia. The LWF/GNC represents 13 Lutheran churches with a combined membership of over 13 million people. (182 words)
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