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Gustavus Adolphus Union

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Also known as: Gustav-Adolf-Werk der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschland
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German:
in full Gustav-Adolf-Werk der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland
Date:
1832 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
Protestantism
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Gustavus Adolphus Union, worldwide organization for the spreading of the Christian faith. It was founded by the Lutheran superintendent Gottlob Grossmann at Leipzig in 1832 as a “living” bicentennial memorial to the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf, Protestant hero of the Thirty Years’ War killed at the Battle of Lützen. Organized to support Protestant minority churches in Germany and abroad, the union gave its first support in 1833 to a fledgling Lutheran congregation in Bavaria, and in 1842 it merged with a similar society in Darmstadt. Membership was open to all Protestants and also included a few Roman Catholics. Dues ...(100 of 153 words)

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