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About Martin Boehm
- Martin Boehm (November 30, 1725 – March 23, 1812) was an American clergyman and pastor.
- He was the son of Jacob Boehm and Barbara Kendig who settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Boehm married Eve Steiner in 1753 and in 1756 he was chosen by lot to become the minister of the local Mennonite church. Although raised a Mennonite, he lacked the assurance of the presence and power of Jesus Christ in his life and he prayed for a heart-warming experience, to deepen his personal faith.
- Then one day, after many months of prayer and meditation he had an epiphany.
- After this, Martin preached with confidence and fervor.
- In 1761, Martin was advanced to the office of bishop in the Mennonite tradition. Per the records, in 1791 Boehm donated land to the local Methodists to build religious buildings.
- That same year a church was built and named Boehm's Chapel. In 1800, after being expelled by the Mennonites for being too evangelical, Boehm along with Philip William Otterbein, formerly a pastor at First Reformed Church, Lancaster, formed the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, and they became the sect's first two bishops.
- They first met on May 10, 1767, in a Great Meeting held at Long's Barn in Lancaster, Pa.
- Otterbein was so impressed with Boehm's passionate message that he embraced Boehm and declared, "Wir sind Brüder" (We are brethren).
- In 1802, Boehm joined the Methodist Episcopal Church while still a bishop of the United Brethren. He is believed to be a descendant of Jakob Boehme.
- His youngest child of eight children, Henry Boehm, also became a clergyman. Martin Boehm died on March 23, 1812.
- Bishop Francis Asbury and Henry Boehm conducted a memorial service for Boehm on April 5, 1812.
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