Henry Melchior

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Henry Melchior was an 18th-century Lutheran pastor and missionary best known as a founder and organizer of the Lutheran Church in colonial America.

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instanceOf Christian missionary ⓘ
Lutheran pastor ⓘ
founder of Lutheran Church in America ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America ⓘ
birthDate 1711-09-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Eimsen ⓘ
Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
burialPlace Augustus Lutheran Church cemetery, Trappe, Pennsylvania ⓘ
child Frederick Muhlenberg ⓘ
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg ⓘ
Peter Muhlenberg ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British America ⓘ
Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
deathDate 1787-10-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Trappe, Pennsylvania ⓘ
denomination Lutheran ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism
educatedAt University of Göttingen ⓘ
University of Halle ⓘ
familyName Muhlenberg ⓘ
fatherInLaw Conrad Weiser ⓘ
founded Ministerium of Pennsylvania ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
Melchior ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf Francke Foundations ⓘ
migratedTo British America ⓘ
Pennsylvania Colony ⓘ
movement Pietism ⓘ
notableFor founding the first permanent Lutheran synod in America ⓘ
organizing the Lutheran Church in colonial America ⓘ
standardizing Lutheran liturgy in America ⓘ
occupation church organizer ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
pastor ⓘ
positionHeld president of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
spouse Anna Maria Weiser ⓘ
workLocation Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Trappe, Pennsylvania ⓘ
wrote correspondence on the state of Lutheran churches in America ⓘ
extensive personal journals ⓘ
yearOfMigration 1742 ⓘ

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Henry Melchior Muhlenberg → hasGivenName → Henry Melchior ⓘ
subject linked to: Muhlenberg