Background
Kunzmann, Jacob Christoph was born on December 31, 1852 in Bauscholtt, Baden, Germany. Son of Christian Jacob and Louisa (Stoehr) Kunzmann.
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Jacob Christoph Kunzmann
Jacob Christoph Kunzmann, German clergyman, educator.
Education
Came to the United States, 1860. Bachelor of Arts, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1875, Master of Arts, 1878. Graduate Philadelphia Theological Seminary, 1878.
Doctor of Divinity, Bethany College, Kansas, 1900.
Career
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1878. Pastor Kittanning, Pennsylvania, 1878-1881, Greensburg, 1881-1892, Grace Church, Pittsburgh, 1892-1899. President Pittsburgh Synod, 1895-1898.
President trustees Thiel College 10 years Superintendent English missions of General Council Evangelical Lutheran Church in North. America, 1899-1918.
Superintendent Western District of Home Missions of Church Extension Board, U.L.C.A., 1918-1919. President of Pacific Theological Seminary, 1919-1924, since emeritus.
Author of Lutherans in America,” America and World Evangelization,” The Power of Pentecost”. Address: 4300 East. 45th Saint, Seattle Western Australia*‡.
Achievements
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Jacob Christoph Kunzmann has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.
Connections
Married Anna Christian Mathay, June 20, 1878.
- Father:
- Christian Jacob Kunzmann
- Mother:
- Louisa (Stoehr) Kunzmann
- Spouse:
- Anna Christian Mathay
