Philip William Otterbein

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Philip William Otterbein was an 18th-century German-American clergyman and revivalist who co-founded the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, a precursor to several modern Methodist and evangelical denominations.

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Philip William Otterbein canonical 4

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instanceOf Christian minister ⓘ
German-American person ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
co-founder of a Christian denomination ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
revivalist ⓘ
activeYears mid-18th century to early 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Otterbein Church (Old Otterbein United Methodist Church) in Baltimore ⓘ
birthDate 1726-06-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Dillenburg, Nassau, Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Old Otterbein Church, Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
clergyType Reformed minister ⓘ
coFounded Church of the United Brethren in Christ ⓘ
collaboratedWith Martin Boehm ⓘ
countryOfBirth Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1813-11-17 ⓘ
denomination German Reformed Church ⓘ
familyName Otterbein ⓘ
fullName Philip William Otterbein ⓘ
givenName Philip ⓘ
hasMemorial Otterbein University named in his honor ⓘ
influencedBy German Pietism ⓘ
linked to: Pietism

Methodist revival ⓘ
inspired formation of United Brethren and Evangelical United Brethren traditions ⓘ
knownFor co-founding the Church of the United Brethren in Christ ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
legacy considered a spiritual forerunner of the United Methodist Church ⓘ
influenced later Methodist and evangelical denominations in North America ⓘ
movement Pietism ⓘ
evangelical revivalism ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
German ⓘ
notableEvent met Martin Boehm at a revival meeting and declared spiritual brotherhood ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
pastor ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
ordination ordained in the German Reformed Church ⓘ
placeOfDeath Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
regionOfActivity American Mid-Atlantic colonies ⓘ
linked to: Middle Colonies

Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
roleInOrganization leader in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis experiential piety ⓘ
personal conversion and holy living ⓘ
workedAs pastor to German-speaking congregations in Pennsylvania and Maryland ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Brethren in Christ → foundedBy → Philip William Otterbein ⓘ
Philip William Otterbein → fullName → Philip William Otterbein ⓘ
Martin Boehm → coFoundedWith → Philip William Otterbein ⓘ
Otterbein University → namedAfter → Philip William Otterbein ⓘ