In Pursuit of Religious Freedom: Bishop Martin Stephan's Journey

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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword Arthur Preisinger; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Sunrise; 1 Landing in the New World; 2 Saxon Emigration Society Origins; 3 Ancestral Roots and the Reformation; 4 Stephans and the Underground Church; 5 The University Years; Part II: Sunshine and Growth; 6 Martin Stephan's Family and Early Ministry; 7 Martin Stephan as Preacher; 8 Martin Stephan as Pastoral Counselor; 9 Martin Stephan as Defender of the Faith; Part III: Noon Heat and Conflict; 10 Condition of the German Lutheran Church; 11 Disputes with the Saxon State Church.;In Pursuit of Religious Freedom tells the story of Martin Stephan, a religious leaders whose leadership, vision, and courage stemmed from a fifteenth-century ancestry grounded in the reformations of John Huss and Martin Luther. Like previous Stephan generations, Martin fled religious intolerance for freedom of worship. As an adult, his deep-rooted faith and moral values were threatened when he was confronted with family, social, and spiritual crises.