Difference between revisions of "Unruh, Abram A. (1903-1988)"

From GAMEO
Jump to navigation Jump to search
[unchecked revision][checked revision]
(CSV import - 20130816)
 
m
(3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
  [[File:unruhaa.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Abram A. Unruh  
+
[[File:unruhaa.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Abram A. Unruh.<br />
 +
Source: MB Herald Collection'']]
 +
Abram A. Unruh: missionary; born on 20 October 1903 in [[Barvenkovo (Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine)|Barvenkovo]], South [[Russia|Russia]], to [[Unruh, Abraham H. (1878-1961)|Abraham H. Unruh]] and Katharina (Toews) Unruh. Abram married [[Unruh, Annie Enns (1900-1972)|Annie J. Enns]] of Winkler on 21 October 1926. Abram and Annie had five children: Peggy (m. Walter Regehr), Kathryn (m. Robert Des Roches), Helen (m. Oscar Epp), Louise (m. George Block), and Donald (m. Margie Unruh). In 1975, following the death of Annie Unruh (1972) he married Mrs. Agatha Friesen (nee Klassen) of [[Waldheim (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Waldheim]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], who died on 31 August 1983. Abram Unruh died in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] on 7 September 1988.
  
−
Source: MB Herald Collection
+
Having attended high school and polytechnical school at Simferopol, [[Crimea (Ukraine)|Crimea]], Russia, Abram migrated to [[Canada|Canada]] with his parents in 1925, where he attended Winkler Bible School for four years, Ontario Bible College for one year, and Tabor College (BA, ThB).
  
−
'']]    Abram A. Unruh: missionary; born on 20 October 1903 in [[Barvenkovo (Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine)|Barvenkovo]], South [[Russia|Russia]], to [[Unruh, Abraham H. (1878-1961)|Abraham H. Unruh]] and Katharina (Toews) Unruh. Having attended high school and polytechnical school at Simferopol, [[Crimea (Ukraine)|Crimea]], Russia, he migrated to [[Canada|Canada]] with his parents in 1925, where he attended Winkler Bible School for four years, Ontario Bible College for one year, and Tabor College (BA, ThB). He taught at Dalmeny Bible School for four years and [[Winkler Bible Institute (Winkler, Manitoba, Canada)|Winkler Bible School]] for one year before being ordained in 1935 by [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] and appointed as a missionary to [[India|India]], where he served for 32 years from 1935 to 1967. He married [[Unruh, Annie Enns (1900-1972)|Annie J. Enns]] of Winkler (21 October 1926), with whom he had five children: Peggy (m. Walter Regehr), Kathryn (m. Robert Des Roches), Helen (m. Oscar Epp), Louise (m. George Block), and Donald (m. Margie Unruh). In India he served mainly in [[Gadwal Mennonite Brethren Mission (Gadwal, Andhra Pradesh, India)|Gadwal]] and [[Wanaparty Mennonite Brethren Mission Station (Wanaparty, Andhra Pradesh, India)|Wanaparty]] with shorter terms at Nagarkurnool and Shamshabad. His entire missionary ministry of evangelism and nurture was dominated by an overarching concern for the development of an indigenous church and training its leadership, as seen in his establishing of elders institutes. In 1975, following the death of Annie J. Enns Unruh (1972) he married Mrs. Agatha Friesen (nee Klassen) of [[Waldheim (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Waldheim]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], who died on 31 August 1983.  Abram Unruh died in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] on 7 September 1988.
+
Unruh taught at Dalmeny Bible School for four years and [[Winkler Bible Institute (Winkler, Manitoba, Canada)|Winkler Bible School]] for one year before being ordained in 1935 by [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] and appointed as a missionary to [[India|India]], where he served for 32 years from 1935 to 1967. In India he served mainly in [[Gadwal Mennonite Brethren Mission (Gadwal, Andhra Pradesh, India)|Gadwal]] and [[Wanaparty Mennonite Brethren Mission Station (Wanaparty, Andhra Pradesh, India)|Wanaparty]] with shorter terms at Nagarkurnool and Shamshabad. His entire missionary ministry of evangelism and nurture was dominated by an overarching concern for the development of an indigenous church and training its leadership, as seen in his establishing of elders institutes.
−
 
+
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 5, pp. 899|date=1990|a1_last=Hamm|a1_first=Peter M|a2_last= |a2_first= }}
−
 
+
[[Category:Persons]]
−
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 5, pp. 899-900|date=1990|a1_last=Hamm|a1_first=Peter M|a2_last= |a2_first= }}
+
[[Category:Missionaries]]
 +
[[Category:Teachers]]
 +
[[Category:Tabor Bible School Faculty and Staff]]
 +
[[Category:Winkler Bible Institute Faculty and Staff]]
 +
[[Category:Missionaries in India]]

Revision as of 17:38, 27 July 2015

Abram A. Unruh.
Source: MB Herald Collection

Abram A. Unruh: missionary; born on 20 October 1903 in Barvenkovo, South Russia, to Abraham H. Unruh and Katharina (Toews) Unruh. Abram married Annie J. Enns of Winkler on 21 October 1926. Abram and Annie had five children: Peggy (m. Walter Regehr), Kathryn (m. Robert Des Roches), Helen (m. Oscar Epp), Louise (m. George Block), and Donald (m. Margie Unruh). In 1975, following the death of Annie Unruh (1972) he married Mrs. Agatha Friesen (nee Klassen) of Waldheim, Saskatchewan, who died on 31 August 1983. Abram Unruh died in Manitoba on 7 September 1988.

Having attended high school and polytechnical school at Simferopol, Crimea, Russia, Abram migrated to Canada with his parents in 1925, where he attended Winkler Bible School for four years, Ontario Bible College for one year, and Tabor College (BA, ThB).

Unruh taught at Dalmeny Bible School for four years and Winkler Bible School for one year before being ordained in 1935 by Mennonite Brethren and appointed as a missionary to India, where he served for 32 years from 1935 to 1967. In India he served mainly in Gadwal and Wanaparty with shorter terms at Nagarkurnool and Shamshabad. His entire missionary ministry of evangelism and nurture was dominated by an overarching concern for the development of an indigenous church and training its leadership, as seen in his establishing of elders institutes.


Author(s) Peter M Hamm
Date Published 1990

Cite This Article

MLA style

Hamm, Peter M. "Unruh, Abram A. (1903-1988)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1990. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Unruh,_Abram_A._(1903-1988)&oldid=132459.

APA style

Hamm, Peter M. (1990). Unruh, Abram A. (1903-1988). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Unruh,_Abram_A._(1903-1988)&oldid=132459.



Hpbuttns.png

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, pp. 899. All rights reserved.


©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.

Retrieved from "https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Unruh,_Abram_A._(1903-1988)&oldid=132459"