Alexander Mack
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Alexander Mack (c. 27 July 1679[a] – 19 January 1735) was a German clergyman and the leader and first minister of the Schwarzenau Brethren (or German Baptists) in the Schwarzenau, Wittgenstein, community of modern-day Bad Berleburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Mack founded the Brethren along with seven other Radical Pietists in Schwarzenau in 1708. Mack and the rest of the early Brethren emigrated to the United States in the mid-18th century, where he continued to minister to the Brethren community until his death.
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Church | Schwarzenau Brethren (German Baptist) |
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Ordination | Minister, elder |
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Born | 27 July 1679 |
Died | 19 January 1735(1735-01-19) (aged 55) Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Buried | Upper Burying Ground, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[1] |
Nationality | German Palatine |
Denomination | Anabaptist |
Residence | Schriesheim, Palatinate; Friesland, Netherlands; and Schwarzenau, Bad Berleburg, Germany and Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Parents | Johann Phillip Mack (father) and Christina Fillbrun Mack (mother) |
Spouse | Anna Margarethe Kling |
Children | Johann Valentine, Johannes, and Alexander Mack, Jr. (sons) and Christina and unnamed infant (daughters) |
Occupation | Composer, elder and minister, philanthropist, theologian |
Profession | Miller |
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