Background
Spreng, Samuel Peter was born on February 11, 1853 in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. Son of Christian and Julia (Grimm) Spreng.
Spreng, Samuel Peter was born on February 11, 1853 in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. Son of Christian and Julia (Grimm) Spreng.
Student Northwestern College, Naperville, Illinois, 1872-1875. Doctor of Divinity, Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1901.
Ordained ministry Evangelical Association, 1875. Pastor Bellevue, O., 1875-1876, Cleveland, 1876-1879, Napoleon, O., 1879-1881, Columbus, 1881-1882, Circleville, 1882-1883. Presiding elder, Columbus District, 1883-1886.
Editor Evangelical Messenger, Cleveland, 1887-1907. Became bishop Evangelical Church, October 1907, now emeritus. Director Evangelical Deaconess Hospital and School for Nurses.
Vice-president National Anti-Saloon League. Author: Life of Bishop John Seybert, 1884. Rays of Light on the Highway to Success, 1885.
History of the Evangelical Association, 1894. The Sinner and His Savior, 1900. The Most Wonderful Book in the World, 1903.
History of the Evangelical Church, 1924. What Evangelicals Believe, 1929. Traveled and preached in Europe, and made extended tour of missions in China and Japan, 1908-1909.
Celebrated golden Jubilee, at Bellevue, O., September 20, 1925, completing 50 years of uninterrupted service in the ministry of the Evangelical Church Made bishop emeritus by General Conference Evangelical Church, 1930. Has attended 16 General Confs. of Evangelical Church Home: Naperville, Illinois*.
Married Margaret A. Beck, September 18, 1878. Children: Edmund George Christian, Lillian Ethel, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Beck.