Rüdiger Rainer Minor

Who is Rüdiger Rainer Minor?

Rüdiger Rainer Minor is a German Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1986. He was born 22 February 1939 in Leipzig, Germany, the son of a Methodist family. He went to school and university in his home city. He is a graduate of Karl Marx University, Leipzig and of the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany. He married Gerlinde Johanna Mueller on 24 October 1964. They have three children: Mechthild Barbara, Bertram Christoph, and Friedrun Susanne, as well as nine grandchildren.

Ruediger joined the Middle German Annual Conference in 1964 and was appointed Assistant Minister at Plauen. He was ordained Elder by Bishop Friedrich Wunderlich in 1966. While pastoring in Jena he became a part-time faculty member at the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Bad Klosterlausnitz. He was appointed full-time faculty in 1976, and served as the Director of the Seminary, 1984-86. On 22 May 1986 he was elected Bishop by the Central Conference in the German Democratic Republic and was assigned to the Dresden Episcopal Area. In 1992 he was assigned to the Commonwealth of Independent States. He was elected Bishop for the Eurasia Area by the North European Central Conference in 1993.