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This reference book deals with the lives and work of hundreds of pastors in eleven religious groups who have ministered to their German-speaking congregations in Alberta since the 1880s and have provided spiritual guidance and comfort. In their dedication the pioneering pastors often not only served, but led, bringing their faithful to Alberta and assisting them in establishing their families in the new home-land. They preached and taught, visited and counseled, performed the rites of passage, administered and directed, provided practical leadership in establishing the new congregations and played a pivotal role in developing their internal cohesion. No doubt, these pastors fulfilled an essential function in the settlement history of Albertans of German origin.
Each of the eleven chapters commences with an outline of the early settlement history in Alberta of immigrants of German origin before introducing the German-language pastors themselves. Click below for the Book Cover, the Table of Contents and the Preface, the Introduction and excerpts from most of the chapters.
Chapter 1: Catholic Church
Chapter 2: Evangelical and Reformed Churches
Chapters 3 and 4: Evangelical Fellowship and Evangelical Missionary Church
Chapters 5 and 6: German Church of God and Congregational Church
Chapter 7: Lutheran Church
Chapter 8: Moravian Church
Chapter 9: North American [German] Baptist Conference
Chapters 10 and 11: Pentecostal Assemblies and Seventh Day Adventist Church
The book is dedicated to my co-author, Pastor Horst Gutsche, who died on December 8, 2016.
This reference work has 185 pages (8.5" by 11") with more than 1,500 bioprofiles of German-speaking clergy in Alberta from the 1880s to the present. It is available from Manfred Prokop (Manfred.Prokop@Ualberta.ca) or tel.: 403/995-0321.
The cost per volume is $18.00 plus shipping (ca. $10.00 in Alberta from Calgary - sorry!!! The book is sold below actual printing costs). Checks, money orders or Interac money transfers are welcome. Please order your copy (copies) by June 15. The books will be mailed out in late July.
Manfred Prokop