A Tiny Heresy

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Karl-Heinz Simsheuser

Karl-Heinz Simsheuser - Foto

Educational and professional background

  • Communication consultant and trainer – Schulz von Thun Institute
  • Systemic organizational consultant and developer
  • Archdiocese of Cologne
  • Mediator and clarification helper
  • ChurchGrowth studies – Fuller Theological Seminary
  • Certified trainer – IHK Düsseldorf
  • Dipl.-Ing. – FH Jülich
  • Dipl.-Theol. – Universities in Freiburg, Pasadena, Bonn

Since 2004 self-employed as a business coach for career, personality and team development issues.

Former activities:
Consultant and coach for professional development, a project of the state of NRW.
Lecturer for communication and presentation at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Cologne.

Head of professional policy at the VDI Association of German Engineers, development and management of the department for professional and career counseling. Founding managing director of the accreditation agency ASII (now ASIIN).

I spend my free time with Tango Argentino.

My motivation

I would like to contribute to the consolidation and development of the church and faith. And why? Our fellow human beings deserve to know that they are infinitely loved by God and can trust him. The church is the original sacrament for the world. In, through and by her, the world should recognize that it is loved by God and that it is worth following Jesus in many ways. To do this, however, bishops, priests and the faithful must become capable of speaking about their faith.

From personal experience, I not only know the Catholic Church, but also numerous free, evangelical and Pentecostal churches and their vitality. This is where people find their spiritual home and are willing to get involved and are supported in their endeavours. When I returned to the Catholic Church, I missed this vitality, this commitment and this personal dialogue about faith.

That’s why I studied theology after my engineering degree and, in particular, ChuchGrowth in the USA. I wanted to know how churches can grow. In order to be able to provide better advice, I trained as a communication and systemic organisational consultant and mediator, which made me realise how constructivist our knowledge is.