Johann Friedrich Wucherer


Johann Friedrich Wucherer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, author, and co-founder of the Society of Inner Missions with Wilhelm Löhe, based in Neuendettelsau.

Early life and education

Wucherer was born in Nördlingen and went on to study at the University of Erlangen. After completing his studies he worked for some time as an assistant minister in Nördlingen before he was appointed as the hospital-preacher in Nördlingen in 1832.

Career

Besides becoming the hospital preacher in Nördlingen in 1832, Wucherer also became pastor at Baldingen that same year. He served as the pastor at Baldingen until 1855. During his years at Nördlingen and Baldingen, he began working with his friend Wilhelm Löhe to recruit aid to German Lutheran immigrants. He used his pen to raise the support needed and oversaw the publications of several newsletters. This work was instrumental in helping to establish the Missouri and Iowa synods in North America as well as Concordia Theological Seminary and Wartburg College.
In 1855 he was called to become the pastor at Aha. Wucherer died in Aha in 1881.

Publications

Editor

In 1843, responding to F.C.D. Wyneken's Die Noth der deutschen Lutheraner in Nordamerika, Wucherer and Löhe established the Kirchliche Mittheilungen aus und über Nord-Amerika in order to raise support on behalf of the needs of German Lutheran immigrants in America.
In 1855 he also established the Freimunds kirchlich- politisches Wochenblatt für Stadt und Land. It continued to be published after his death until 1941.

Author

Wucherer was the author of numerous books, most of which were theological in nature.
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