Johannes Emde

Background

Johannes Emde was born in Arolsen, Germany in 1774 and died in Surabaya in 1859.

Career

He became one of the founders of the churches in East Java. In Surabaya he was given the nickname of Saint Surabaya. He was a Pietist, and was already living in Surabaya when he started preaching in about 1815.

Emde did his missionary work by asking children to spread the Gospel of Mark as translated by Bruchner to literate people at the markets.

This gospel was widely discussed because of how different it was from other religious texts available at the time.

Connections

follower:

A. West. Meijer