Germany's Free Evangelical Congregations (FeG) are mourning Dr. Wolfgang Dietrich, a longtime organist and the movement's careful historian, whose research ensured that later generations would know the spiritual roots of the Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden. A trained scholar of German studies, philosophy and theology who earned a doctorate in Protestant theology, Dietrich chose teaching over an academic career while devoting decades to tracking down and preserving old FeG texts and records.
Colleagues remembered him equally for his love of pipe-organ music — he maintained one of the few pipe organs found in an FeG congregation, in Lüdenscheid — and for the depth of his historical work documenting the movement's story.
(Originally published in German. Summary translated by CC / Connexion.)
Source: Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (FeG) — feg.de
