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Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (24 June 1683 – 23 February 1719) was a member of the Lutheran clergy and the first Pietist missionary to India. Early life. Ziegenbalg was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony, on 24 July 1683 in a devout Christian family.
Ziegenbalg, the prototype of German pietist Lutheran missionaries, was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony. He had a conversion experience while in high-school, after the early loss of his parents. Repeated illness and inner conflicts interrupted his studies at Berlin and Halle.
Jun 19, 2024 · Ziegenbalg’s only surviving son Gottlieb Ernst Ziegenbalg became the first Director of the Danish East India Company in Serampore in the 1750s and brought with him missionaries from Tranquebar to preach regularly in the colony.
Jul 12, 2022 · In 1708, being fluent, he began translating the New Testament, finishing his first draft in two and a half years – an impressive record, if we consider he also fulfilled his pastoral and evangelical duties while troubled by ill health.
Feb 22, 2012 · February 22, 2012. Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg, was the father of Modern Protestant Mission and the first Protestant missionary to India, born on 10th July, 1682, at the village of Pulsnitz, Saxony, Germany.
May 1, 2019 · Pulsnitz, Germany. Died: February 23, 1719 Tranquebar, India. Pioneer Lutheran Missionary, Linguist and Educator who established the first Protestant mission for the people of south India. Christ showed grace to his faithful servant Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg in the face of constant opposition and hardship.
An 18th-century German Lutheran Pietist whose missionary career lasted only 13 years before his untimely death, Ziegenbalg’s unprecedented approach to the Great Commission caused him to become “the father of modern Protestant mission,” in the words of Tamil church historian Daniel Jeyaraj.
