Johann Gerhard Oncken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German Baptist preacher
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Place of Birth: Varel, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Johann Gerhard Oncken
- Johann Gerhard Oncken (26 January 1800 - 2 January 1884) was a pioneer German Baptist preacher, variously referred to as the "Father of Continental Baptists", the "Father of German Baptists" and the "Apostle of European Baptists".
- Oncken, Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann (1799–1882), and Julius Wilhelm Köbner (1806–1884) were known as the Baptist cloverleaf (kleeblatt).
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- Oncken helped direct and guide the growth of Baptists throughout Germany and across much of Europe for half a century.
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