Johann Martin Mack

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Johann Martin Mack (born April 19, 1715 in Laichingen ; † June 9, 1784 in Friedensthal , Saint Croix ) was a Protestant missionary and bishop of the Moravian Brethren .

Mack joined the Brethren at the age of 19. A year later, the founder and spiritual leader of the church, Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , sent him to North America for missionary work. After a failed first attempt to settle with the community in Georgia , he helped establish the first Moravian Church in Bethlehem in the Pennsylvania colony . In 1762 he was sent to the Virgin Islands , where he stayed until the end of his life. In 1770 he was appointed Bishop of the Brethren.

literature

  • Werner Raupp : A hilarious Moravian - Johann Martin Mack, Württemberg's first evangelical missionary. In: Blätter für Württembergische Kirchengeschichte , Vol. 92 (1992), pp. 97–119.
  • Werner Raupp :  Mack, Johann Martin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 531-533.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Werner Raupp: Johann Martin Mack - Württemberg's first evangelical missionary. In: Lived Faith. Experiences and life testimonies from our country. A reader, edited by Werner Raupp, Metzingen / Württ. 1993, pp. 162-166, 388 (Einl., Quellentexte, Lit.).
  • Werner Raupp: Art. Mack, (Johann) Martin , in: Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions , New York [ua] 1998, p. 423.
personal data
SURNAME Mack, Johann Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German evangelical missionary and bishop
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH Laichingen , Baden-Wuerttemberg
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1784
Place of death Friedensthal , Saint Croix