Ludwig R. Conradi

Ludwig Richard Conradi ( born March 20, 1856 in Karlsruhe, † September 16, 1939 in Hamburg ) was a German missionary of the Free Church of Seventh- day Adventists.

Life

Since his father died young, he was brought up by a railway official as a foster child. Early on, he learned languages ​​such as Latin, Greek, French and allegedly wanted to be a missionary. At that time he was Catholic. In 1872 he emigrated to the USA and settled in New York. In 1878 he took up work on a farm. He moved in with an Adventist family, whose community he joined then. In 1878 he was baptized by the Adventists. 1879 Conradi met for the first time Ellen G. White, a co-founder of the Adventist Church in the United States. Soon after, Conradi began to work as an evangelist missionary for the community.

1886 Conradi traveled with William C. White, son of Ellen White, in Switzerland. His work in Switzerland and later in Germany has shaped the development of the Adventist Church in this region significantly. In Basel, the Adventists had a municipally owned printing company that printed the Community writings. However, several problems with the authorities led to the closure of the publisher. Conradi was there only partially involved. Then Conradi moved to Hamburg, where he established his own publishing house print shop, which has been working for the Adventist Church. 1888 Conradi was the head of the European Division of the Adventist Church.

In 1932, however, came to a break with the Seventh- day Adventist Church, as Conradi the status of Ellen White as a " prophetess " no longer recognized after he had discovered omissions and other irregularities in their writings, which he retired from the editorship the Adventist magazine " herald " led in 1931. He renounced 1932 on his pension and founded it with several thousand Adventists "autonomous communities " who banded together in 1936 to the United Evangelical Christians of the Seventh Day. The community was widespread in Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia, but was lost in the turmoil of the Second World War.