Peter Strauch is a German theologian, author and songwriter of popular Christian music. He first learned the trade of toolmaker and then studied theology. Peter Strauch worked as a pastor in Hamburg, was active in numerous church institutions, did church radio and television work and was president of the Free Evangelical Congregations in Germany from 1991 until his retirement in 2008. He became well known for his more than 150 songs, which are now part of the repertoire of many church congregations and were groundbreaking for the development of modern Christian music during the 1970s and 1980s in Germany. The best known include "Meine Zeit steht in deinen Händen" (My time is in your hands) and "Herr, wir bitten: Komm und segne uns" (Lord, we ask: Come and bless us).
