Andreas Patz is a pastor, Christian journalist, and publicist. He was born on August 17, 1966, into a large family in Pavlodar (Kazakhstan, then USSR). At the age of thirteen, he began singing in the church choir. From 1984 to 1986, he served in the Soviet Army. After his military service, he became a youth leader and preacher at the ECB church in Pavlodar.
From 1992 to 1995, he served as the official representative of the "Protestant" publishing house in Western Europe.
He is the editor-in-chief of the "International Christian Newspaper," a monthly publication he founded in 1998, which is currently printed in four countries around the world.
He is married, a happy father of four children, and a grandfather of six grandchildren.