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Jul 22, 2009 · Those within the Church who gave unflinching support to Hitler opposed Pastor Schneider, and tried to discipline him. From that day forward, Pastor Schneider had nothing to do with the “German Christians”.
Early in 1934, Schneider and his family moved to Dickenschied, where he became pastor to the Dickenschied and Womrath congregations. That same year, Pastor Schneider became a member of the Confessing Church, a Protestant organization that opposed Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime.
Oct 28, 2017 · Armed with an eternal perspective, Schneider refused to allow godless men, however powerful in his present moment, to define what the real church was, who the real Christ was, or how true love and unity behaved.
He joined the Confessional Church and turned against the "German Christians" in 1934 while a minister in Essen. In doing so, he openly came in conflict with the local NSDAP. The Gestapo repeatedly interrogated Schneider through 1936, and temporarily took him into custody a number of times.
Nov 18, 2013 · Pastor Schneider refused to subordinate the Christian Gospel to such a pagan myth. When Nadig repeated his graveside claim about Horst Wessel, Schneider said: “I protest. This is a church ceremony, and as a Protestant pastor, I am responsible for the pure teaching of the Holy Scriptures.”
- Timothy George
Many Protestant pastors, led by Martin Niemöller, formed the Confessional Church in opposition to Hitler's Reich Church. Niemöller was held in a concentration camp during the period 1937-1945.
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Jan 1, 2005 · Few in the United States know the name of Paul Schneider, the first Protestant pastor murdered by the Nazis. Fewer still know the remarkable trial of faith that marked the life of this Reformed minister of the Gospel.
