Alexander Mack

(1679-1735)

Co-founder and first pastor of the Schwarzenau Brethren

more_vert

favorite

About

edit

Jump to

Family
Relationships
Associates
Similar

Alexander Mack (c. 27 July 1679 – 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.

Key details

edit section

Born	27 July 1679 Schriesheim, Electoral Palatinate in the Holy Roman Empire
Died	19 January 1735 (aged 55) Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Zodiac	Leo
Tags	Add tag