Johann Gerhardt Oncken

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Johann Gerhardt Oncken

German missionary

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Baptist
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…pioneer Baptist in Europe was Johann Gerhardt Oncken, who organized a church at Hamburg in 1834. Oncken had become acquainted with Barnas Sears of Colgate Theological Seminary, who was studying in Germany, and with six others he was baptized by Sears. From this center, evangelistic activity was extended throughout Germany,…
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…pioneer Baptist in Europe was Johann Gerhardt Oncken, who organized a church at Hamburg in 1834. Oncken had become acquainted with Barnas Sears of Colgate Theological Seminary, who was studying in Germany, and with six others he was baptized by Sears. From this center, evangelistic activity was extended throughout Germany,…
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