Ernst Krupka

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Ernst Krupka (born October 15, 1890 in Ittowen , East Prussia , † February 25, 1991 in Vellberg ) was an East Prussian evangelist of the German Tent Mission .

Life

Krupka grew up as a farmer's son and came to the Christian faith at the age of 18. He trained as a preacher from 1909 onwards in the Community Brothers House in Preussisch Bahnau (East Prussia). Already during his training he traveled around the country preaching: “At twenty-one years old, I moved from good to good and also to some places, preached the gospel loudly in my own way and experienced many strange conversions. I was particularly concerned that I, the 21-year-old young man, also older men confessed their sins, sometimes very grossly. For the annual festival in summer, some harvest wagons came to Bahnau in four horses, packed full of my people. "

In May 1914 he followed a call from the Countess de la Tour and worked as a missionary in Carinthia . During the First World War he founded the "Christian Mission Association for Austria". After the end of the war, the "Regional Church Community Tabor" appointed him as a preacher in Königsberg / East Prussia . In 1923 Krupka began his service for the South German Association in Württemberg, whose journal "Der Weg zum Ziel" he was editor of from 1924 to 1972. From 1925 he worked as an evangelist for the German tent mission; from 1946 to 1956 he acted as its managing director. In 1941 he was imprisoned in a prison in Darmstadt for three weeks and under the supervision of the Gestapo from his release until the end of World War II . 1950–1972 Krupka was editor of the weekly "Heilig dem Herr" founded by Pastor Ernst Modersohn at the beginning of the century. From 1959 to 1966 he went on four evangelism trips to South America ; In 1960 he made one to Canada. On his 100th birthday, the Württemberg regional bishop Theo Sorg praised him as a "pioneer of evangelism work".

Quote

“The question of the second coming of Jesus is not a question of the calculation of time, but of sanctification. We shouldn't count - we should be sanctified. "

- Ernst Krupka

Private

Krupka married Gertrud Modersohn, Ernst Modersohn's oldest daughter.

Works

  • You and your soul . Publishing house of the Rosenberg Bookstore, Heiligenbeil / East Prussia 1924
  • The struggle between spirit and flesh . Book printing and publishing house Harfe, Bad Blankenburg 1933
  • Isn't there an eternal damnation? Publishing house of the Rosenberg Bookstore, Heiligenbeil / East Prussia 1932
  • The prayer life of believers . Book printing and publishing house Harfe, Bad Blankenburg 1935
  • You have always gone . Brunnen-Verlag Gießen and Basel 1936
  • The fight for marriage . Verlag Wilhelm Fehrholz 1948
  • The Son of Man in search of man e. Verlag Wilhelm Fehrholz 1949
  • A sign in the sky about the signs of the times . Verlag Wilhelm Fehrholz 1949
  • Amnesty for all sins against the sixth commandment . Verlag Wilhelm Fehrholz 1949
  • The struggle with God in all struggles of time . Verlag Wilhelm Fehrholz 1949
  • Heilig dem Herrn - Journal for Everyone No. 24. Modersohn-Verlag 1951
  • Before midnight . Verlag Goldene Words Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1951, 2nd edition
  • Encounter with God . Golden Words publishing house Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1951
  • Of God's rule in human life . Golden Words publishing house Stuttgart-Sillenbuch 1951
  • 50 years of the German tent mission . Geisweid 1952
  • Get married and get happy . Publishing house of the bookstore of the Deutsche Zeltmission, 1954
  • The torch of God . Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, 2nd edition 1969
  • I have something to say to you . Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission 1985
  • I tell you - experiences, experiences and reflections . Publishing house of the Liebenzeller Mission 1993
  • Is there no longer any god in the country? Self-published

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heimbucher, Kurt and Traugott Thoma: Diener Jesu Christi: Well-known personalities report from their lives. Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, ISBN 3-880-02232-1 , p. 78.
  2. ^ Maria-Luise Krupka (ed.): Life mission: Evangelist. Ernst Krupka - his life and work. Publishing house of the Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell, 1986.
  3. ^ Journal of the German Tent Mission eV Zeltgruß 2/91 , p. 9.
  4. ↑ Quote ( Memento from December 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), sunntig.ch
personal data
SURNAME Krupka, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German evangelist of the German tent mission
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Ittowen , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1991
Place of death Vellberg