Faculty

Gisela Wielki Director of the Seminary	Gisela Wielki (b. 1944) grew up in Stuttgart, Germany. After receiving her diploma in early childhood education, she spent a year in Chicago as a student teacher. She also spent 6 months working in a Camphill village for adults with special needs. In 1967 she entered the seminary of the Christian Community in Stuttgart and was ordained at the age of 26. “I wanted to work with people from the cradle to the grave and beyond, if possible.” Gisela was sent to work in the congregation in New York City in 1972. In 2002 she was appointed director of the newly founded Seminary of The Christian Community, first located in Chicago and since 2011 in Spring Valley, NY, 28 miles from New York City.
Oliver Steinrueck Director of the Seminary	Oliver Steinrueck was born in Toronto in 1961, grew up in a Camphill Village in Copake, N.Y., graduated from Green Meadow Waldorf School and received a Master's Degree in history. In 1989 Oliver entered the seminary in Stuttgart and went on to work in congregations in Freiburg, Germany, Chicago, San Francisco and currently in Spring Valley. Since 2000, Oliver has served as Lenker for the Christian Community in North America.