Christa Blanke-Weckbach (born September 18, 1948 in Giessen, Germany) is a German Lutheran theologian and animal welfare activist.

[1] In 1971–2, together with other theologians she was an organiser of the pilot project set up in Hamburg by Helmut Thielicke, Faith Info (since renamed Different Times).

[4] In 1988 she celebrated the first animal service in Glauberg parish church, an event which was broadcast live on the German ZDF television channel.

In 1995 Christa Blanke was instrumental in setting up the sculpture Arche Schöpfung by German sculptor Gustav Nonnenmacher at Glauberg parish church.

[10] In 2011 she was a leading light in the Europe-wide 8hours Campaign and petition, which collected 1.2 million signatures from citizens demanding a limit of 8 hours journey time for animals transported for slaughter within the EU.