Anton Wilhelm Amo 1703 – 1759*
Anton Wilhelm Amo was born in 1703 in Axim in the western region of present-day Ghana. In 1707 he was taken by the Dutch West India Company to Amsterdam and given as a “present” to German Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel…
Aree Van Guinea 1704*
Anton Wilhelm Amo was born in 1703 in Axim in the western region of present-day Ghana. In 1707 he was taken by the Dutch West India Company to Amsterdam and given as a “present” to German Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel…
Nazareth Lutheran Church, St. John 1720*
Nazareth Lutheran Church, St. John, USVI, started as an outpost congregation linked to Fredrick Church, St. Thomas, USVI
Lord God of Sabaoth Lutheran Church, St. Croix 1734*
Nazareth Lutheran Church, St. John, USVI, started as an outpost congregation linked to Fredrick Church, St. Thomas, USVI
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Completed Studies 1738
Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg (1711-1787), often known as “the father of American Lutheranism, was a prominent American Lutheran pioneer pastor, church planter, organizer, administrator, liturgist and chronicler.
John Bachman 1790-1874*
John Bachman (February 4, 1790 – February 24, 1874) grew up in upstate NY, educated via his curiosity on nature and the Bible nurtured by his pastors. He was an American Lutheran minister, social activist and naturalist who collaborated with John James Audubon…
Rev. Dr. Emanuel Grantson is the first person I know who was knowledgeable of the life, education, and history of service to the Church of Anton Anselm Amo.
While Dr. Emmanuel F.Y. Grantson has served in his native Ghana; Christ, Philadelphia; St. Michaels Truth Lutheran Church, Mitchelleville, MD; as well as taught at the seminary level he continues to have a heart for the people he services. We shared impressions of the church’s work among people of color and with African nationals. Our collective knowledge of Anton Anselm Amo kept our conversation going. Anton Anselm Amo, a Ghanaian, in the early 1700’s was taken to Germany…