Hermann Friedrich Krummacher

Hermann Friedrich Krummenacher ( born October 17, 1828 in Langenberg ( Rhineland ), † June 15, 1890 in Weingarten (Württemberg ) ) was a German Protestant theologian and a pioneer of the Inner Mission ( diakonia ) in Pomerania. He was the son of Emil Wilhelm Krummenacher and the elder brother of Karl Emil Krummenacher.

Life

After studying theology, he held a two-year assistantship in the napping house in Hamburg Johann Hinrich Wichern. 1856 reformed pastor in Brandenburg, 1877 consistory and secretary of the Provincial Association for Home Mission in Szczecin. Board of diaconal works Züllchow, Tabor and Salem. Krummenacher played a major role in the development of the evangelical social work in Pomerania. From his pen the first biography comes on the founder of the evangelical social work Johann Hinrich Wichern.

Works

  • About evangelical church constitution, its nature, its history and its necessary training in the present, Gotha, 1869.
  • The Apostle Paul's Epistles to the Romans in sermons, Neusalz aO In 1876.
  • Johann Hinrich Wichern. A picture of life in the present, Gotha 1882.
  • Spain and the Reformation, Barmen, o.J.
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