Detlef Blöcher (born 15 January 1953 in

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) has been Director of the Christian Relief and Missionary Work

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near

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from 2000 to May 2018. In the years before he worked as a lecturer in the Arab world and as human resources manager for the DMG. He is the author of several international studies and numerous specialist articles.

Biography

The promoted physicist worked in medical research and teaching in Germany, later in his specialty in

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and as a lecturer in the Middle East. In 1991 he became human resources manager at DMG. In 2000, he took over the management of Manfred A. Bluthardt. Since 1996 Detlef Blöcher is also an associate of the

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(WEA), on whose behalf he has directed several missiological research projects. In this context specialized articles about the studies REMAP I and REMAP II, dealing with the methods, effectiveness and limitations of modern

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work, have been published. In addition Blöcher is an expert on Christian missions and development aid and has published numerous specialist articles in Christian journals such as the magazine Entscheidung and idea spectrum. Since 2004 Blöcher has also been active as chairman of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evangelikaler Missionen" (AEM, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evangelical Missions).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blocher, Detlef 1953 births 20th-century German physicists Living people Scientists from Frankfurt