Draft:Kai-Uwe Höss

Kai-Uwe Höss (born February 13, 1962) is a German Evangelist. He currently serves as the Senior Pastor at Bible Church of Stuttgart, an international church located in South Germany, of which he is a founding member. He is the grandson of Rudolf Höss, who was a high-ranking SS officer in Nazi Germany and the commandant of Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp during World War II. Rudolf Höss played a significant role in the implementation of the Holocaust, overseeing the mass murder of millions of people, primarily Jews, at Auschwitz. His only surviving son, Hans-Jürgen Höss, is Kai's father. Kai has actively distanced himself from his grandfather's actions and spoken out against the crimes committed during the Holocaust.

Early Life
Kai, the eldest of two sons, grew up in a middle-class, non-religious family; that seldomly discussed their Nazi past. According to his own statements, his childhood was characterized by a dysfuntional home with his father Hans-Jürgen, whom Kai describes as passive and quiet, eventually leaving the family, divorcing his wife Irene Alber.

Career
After completing school; Kai trained as a chef at the Alte Kanzlei in Stuttgart, Germany. He then served in the military with NATO forces in the UK, and later studied hotel and tourism management, embarking on a career in the hospitality industry, working as a manager for various international 5-star hotel chains across Asia.

Conversion
In 1989, during a hotel management assignment in Singapore, Kai encountered the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which marked a turning point in his life.

Ministry
In 2003 Kai was one of the founding members planting Bible Church of Stuttgart, which serves the local English-speaking expat and US military community. Initially serving as a teaching church elder, he continued to serve in ministry under three American pastors until he entered full-time ministry as the senior pastor of Bible Church of Stuttgart in August 2016. Kai seeks to draw awareness to intergenerational trauma and the role the Christian faith can play in the healing and breaking of cycles, as he has experienced in his own life.

Personal Life
In 1992 Kai married Anak Agung Alit Rahmayanti, a Balinese artist, with whom he has four children. Together they serve the international Christian community at Bible Church of Stuttgart.