Jakob Erzberger

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Jakob Erzberger (born March 23, 1843 in Seltisberg near Liestal ; † July 13, 1920 in Sissach ), also known as Jakob Etzenberger, James Erzenberger or Jakob Ertzenberger, was a Swiss missionary and preacher of today's Seventh-day Adventist Church . With the baptism of six adults in a pond between Vohwinkel and Solingen on January 8, 1876 and the Vohwinkel church planting, he is counted among the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventists .

Live and act

Jakob Erzberger was the son of Heinrich Erzberger. He died when Jacob was three years old. Erzberger was confirmed in Liestal in 1859 . He became a missionary student in the St. Chrischona pilgrimage mission in Basel . After meeting Michael Belina Czechowski's group of Sabbath keepers in Tramelan , he was baptized as an adult in 1868 and became a supporter of the Seventh-day Adventists .

After Czechowski's departure, Erzberger was sent by his congregation as a delegate to Battle Creek (Michigan) , where he learned the English language and studied the Adventist doctrines for 15 months . He stayed with James S. White and Ellen G. White . In 1870 he was ordained (consecration) by James White and John Nevins Andrews . Then Erzberger returned to Switzerland. Andrews also went to Switzerland in 1974 and was supported in his work by Erzberger.

At the beginning of 1875 there was contact with the Sabbath keepers around Johann Heinrich Lindermann in Vohwinkel , Solingen and Mönchengladbach . Together with Andrews he traveled to the Rhineland . He initially served Andrews as a translator and independently held public religious lectures (evangelizations) in Hilden , Solingen and Velbert - Langenberg in 1875 and 1876 , before returning to Switzerland. There he worked in different regions. In 1875 contact was established with members of the apostolic congregation in Essen .

In January 1876, Erzberger brought about the first baptism and church planting of Seventh-day Adventists in Germany. Since 1886 there has been a close collaboration with Ludwig Richard Conradi . From 1904, Erzberger traveled all over Germany as an evangelist, preaching and holding Bible studies. In the last years of his life he lived in Sissach in Switzerland.

Private

Erzberger had been married to Marie Versin since 1882 and had two sons. After her death in 1903, he married Marie Pauline Kaufmann in 1905.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Karl Waber: Streiflichter from the history of the Seventh-day Adventists in Switzerland from the beginnings 1865 to 1901 . No. 1 . Advent-Verlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-905008-39-4 , p. 36 ff .
  2. ^ A b c Thomas Eißner: Erzberger, Jakob (also Etzenberger, 1843-1920) - Ellen White Research Center Bogenhofen. Retrieved on May 12, 2020 (German).
  3. ^ A b c d Daniel Heinz: Jakob Erzberger: The forgotten pioneer. In: Adventist World. Retrieved May 12, 2020 (English).
  4. ^ JN Andrews: Wants of the Cause in Europe. In: Vol. 46, No.15., Page 116th General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, October 14, 1875, accessed April 27, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Christoph Ribbat : Religious excitement. Protestant enthusiasts in the empire . Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 978-3-593-35599-3 ( book preview ).
personal data
SURNAME Erzberger, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Etzenberger, Jakob; Erzenberger, James; Ertzenberger, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss missionary and preacher of the Seventh-day Adventists
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Seltisberg near Liestal
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1920
Place of death Sissach