Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe
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1808 – 1872
Who was Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe?
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe was a pastor of the Lutheran Church, Neo-Lutheran writer, and is often regarded as being a founder of the deaconess movement in Lutheranism and a founding sponsor of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. He was a pastor in nineteenth-century Germany. From the small town of Neuendettelsau, he sent pastors to North America, Australia, New Guinea, Brazil, and the Ukraine. His work for a clear confessional basis within the Bavarian church sometimes led to conflict with the ecclesiastical bureaucracy. His chief concern was that a parish find its life in the eucharist, and from that source evangelism and social ministries would flow. Many Lutheran congregations in Michigan, Ohio, and Iowa were either founded or influenced by missionaries sent by Lõhe. He is commemorated by the ELCA and the LCMS on 2 January.
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- Born
- Feb 21, 1808
Fürth - Also known as
- Johann Konrad Wilhelm Lohe
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Jan 2, 1872
Neuendettelsau
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on July 23, 2013
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