Dear brothers and sisters! It is with great grief that we inform you that Otto Schaude, the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Urals, Siberia and Far East, died on September 27, 2017.
From 1991 to 2008 Otto Schaude was the chairman of the Union of Old Pietist Congregations of the The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg. He was a member of the Synod Council of the Württemberg state church and was the co-founder of many Protestant schools in Germany. For his services Otto Schaude was awarded with the highest award given by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, the Johannes Brenz silver medal.
Otto Schaude was elected Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Urals, Siberia and Far East in 2010. Together with his wife Brigitte he traveled throughout the whole CIS in order to take part in synod assemblies and bishops' meetings and in order to visit and strengthen congregations in the enormous territory of Siberia, to direct and support ministers of the Church in their faith and service.
Despite the fact that he was diagnosed with a late-stage cancer in 2014, Otto Schaude continued his service; until his final days he made trips for church business and put all of his effort in to his episcopal ministry. In everything he did he gave all of himself – all of his strength and love, all of his heart and soul, his courage and his decisiveness. All of his life was dedicated to serving the Church.
We express our heartfelt sympathies to Brigitte Schaude, their children and everyone in their large family. Together we trust our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Author and Completer of our faith, who says: “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me will not die, but live.” (John 11.25)
ELCUSFE Administration
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