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 NERFINISHED
Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED
burialPlace Augustus Lutheran Church cemetery, Trappe, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
child Frederick Muhlenberg NERFINISHED
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg NERFINISHED
Peter Muhlenberg NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship British America
Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED
deathDate 1787-10-07
deathPlace Trappe, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
denomination Lutheran NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Göttingen
University of Halle NERFINISHED
familyName Muhlenberg NERFINISHED
fatherInLaw Conrad Weiser NERFINISHED
founded Ministerium of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
givenName Henry NERFINISHED
Melchior NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf Francke Foundations NERFINISHED
migratedTo British America NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania Colony NERFINISHED
movement Pietism NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
workLocation Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Philadelphia
Trappe, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
wrote correspondence on the state of Lutheran churches in America
extensive personal journals
yearOfMigration 1742

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Muhlenberg hasGivenName Henry Melchior
subject surface form: Henry Melchior Muhlenberg