14 Facts About Paul Henkel

Paul Henkel was a native of North Carolina who became an itinerant evangelist for the Lutheran Church in the eastern United States.

Paul Henkel was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1754.

Paul Henkel's family moved to what is West Virginia while he was still young.

Paul Henkel grew to become a cooper by trade, and was obliged to provide enough for his substantial family.

Paul Henkel took advantage of the numerous prayer meetings and Bible classes in his area to help him focus on spiritual values.

Paul Henkel was licensed as a preacher by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania in 1783 to begin his work, being ordained by the same body in 1792.

Paul Henkel worked in the area of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.

Paul Henkel's work included preaching, baptizing, and creating new congregations in the communities he visited.

Paul Henkel worked to organize clergy for the organization and administrative purposes.

Paul Henkel helped to found the North Carolina Synod in 1803.

Paul Henkel continued his missionary travels, and helped form the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio in 1818 and the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod in 1820.

Paul Henkel used his prominence to help argue against the ideas of Samuel Simon Schmucker, which he considered far too liberal.

Paul Henkel actively resisted cooperating with Schmucker in his hope of uniting all the evangelical churches, as he was staunchly opposed to the appearance of ideological compromise which he thought would be given by such an alliance.

Paul Henkel did however remain an active preacher and writer until just six weeks before his death in 1825.