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Church Leader's Profile: Dieter Schade                                                        

Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany on 10.10.1950

Family History: 

Dieter has two younger sisters living in Ohio, Karin and Linda. Karin was also born in Hamburg. His  parents moved their family to America in August of 1955. Dieter grew up in Ohio in a suburb of Cleveland.

He married Lucy Lisee from East Hartford, Connecticut on 18.07.1987.

Lucy has one son, Eric, from a previous marriage and Dieter has a son, Matthew, and two daughters, Heidi and Bethany, from a previous marriage.

They have seven grandchildren with a range of 12 years between the youngest and the oldest.

The children are spread out between Connecticut, North Carolina and Ohio.

Hobbies: music, reading, weight-training

Favorite Foods: Marzipan, Mohnkuchen

Comments on Spiritual History:  

I grew up attending a Lutheran church. In my early teen years, I had a desire to become a pastor. But in my high school and college years I made decisions that were contrary to God's

Word and becoming a pastor was forgotten.

At the age of 21 God brought me to a Christian and Missionary Alliance church in Stow, Ohio where I was challenged with the gospel by two Christian men, Larry Boyd and Howard Gustafson. Their words and actions helped me see my need for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He became my Savior and Lord in the spring of 1972.

After several years I made decisions that took me out of God's will again. My life fell apart. I became a workaholic, had tremendous financial debt, my marriage was failing and I was miserable. After seven years of living this way, there came a time when I almost had a nervous breakdown. I recommitted my life to the Lord and immediately things began to change.

There were still consequences to years of ignoring God but God helped me cope and my life was rebuilt. The marriage that brought three children into the world had ended, but God brought Lucy into my life. The financial debt was eventually paid. I began leading Bible studies and helping men walk in closer relationship with Jesus Christ. Linworth Rd. Church, gave me opportunities to grow as a leader over the 18 years that Lucy and I attended there. God's rebuilding of my life culminated with the call to Berlin, Germany to work with Rock Berlin.  God is using my life experiences to make difference for Him in Berlin.

I am grateful for Jesus redeeming my life both for the present and eternity. I look forward with excitement to all that God will do during our time in Germany.

Leadership Experience:

  •  Bible study and small group leader

  •  Director of music worship at Linworth Rd. Church

  •  Administrative assistant at LRC

  •  Assisted with men's ministry at LRC

  •  Managed small businesses

  •  Worked in management with an Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips franchise

Favorite Bible Passage:  

   Philippians 4: 6, 7     "This verse has brought me much comfort in very difficult times."