Heinrich Christian Schwan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German missionary and pastor
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Place of Birth: Horneburg, Germany
About Heinrich Christian Schwan
- Heinrich Christian Schwan (April 5, 1819 – May 29, 1905), a German Lutheran pastor, was the third president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), from 1878 to 1899.
- He earlier served as a missionary in Brazil, as a pastor in Cleveland, Ohio, and as president of the synod's Central District.
- Schwan is credited with being the first pastor to erect a Christmas tree in an American church sanctuary and was responsible for the Missouri Synod's first exposition of Martin Luther's Small Catechism.
- He was the son of the Rev.
- Georg Heinrich Christian Schwan, an Evangelical Lutheran pastor in northern Germany, and his first wife, Charlotte Wyneken, and was also the half-brother of Major General Theodore Schwan.
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