Unsere Liebe zu den Batak

Wie eine Missionarsfrau 1896–1907 Sumatra erlebte

Author: Adelheid Meis †. Edited by: Ruth Engelbert †. With an introduction by: Ruth Engelbert †. With supplementary material by: Ruth Engelbert †.

Series: ICul InterCultura – Missions- und kulturgeschichtliche Forschungen Volume 3

The main chapter of this book presents the memories of the missionary’s wife Adelheid Meis. She describes her and her husband’s life and work in North Sumatra a hundred years ago. Their work with the Batak was influenced by a very strong sense of mutual love, respect, responsability and the faith in God’s help in difficult and dangerous situations. The couple’s granddaughter, Ruth Engelbert (17 Oct 1930 – 8 June 2009), gives an outline of the beginning of the Batak mission in an introductory chapter, provides the memories with annotations, and relates about the further acting of the Meis couple after their return from the missionary field. Extracts from a travel diary of her brother, retired reverend Hans Dieter Engelbert – result of a jointly undertaken journey in the year 2000, with the aim of following their ancestors’ footsteps – maps, historical and actual pictures, a glossary, a register and a bibliography complete the book.

In his Preface (Geleitwort) Prof. Dr. Lothar Schreiner of the Vereinte Evangelische Mission/United in Mission (VEM/UIM) in Wuppertal points out that the present book helps to understand the present situation of Church and Christianity in North Sumatra by examining closely the cultural history of the Batak people in their response to the Christian mission in the 19th century. Thus, it supports the work of partnership groups in Germany and Sumatra. Abridged versions in English and Indonesian language are available at the Archiv- und Museumsstiftung of the Vereinte Evangelische Mission (VEM), Wuppertal/Germany. They include the titles and subtitles as well as short summaries. Furthermore, some episodes are retold which – as far as possible – lay open the spirit of thoughts and actions of the persons involved.

Under these links you will find further descriptions of the history and work of the UEM United Evangelical Mission:

Accompanying material:

• „Und er führte sie an das ersehnte Gestade“ (Ps. 107) (ISBN 978-3-89645-444-7)
• „Widerstand und Gottesfurcht“ (ISBN 978-3-89645-059-3)
• Die Witbooi in Südwestafrika während des 19. Jahrhunderts (ISBN 978-3-89645-447-8)
• Erinnern – Erzählen – Erleben (ISBN 978-3-89645-757-8)
• Geschichte für die Gegenwart – Das historische Erbe verstehen, aktivieren und fortschreiben (ISBN 978-3-89645-756-1)
• Glauben – Leben – Hoffen (ISBN 978-3-89645-760-8)
• Heimgeschickt (ISBN 978-3-89645-751-6)
• Hendrik Witbooi – ein Leben für die Freiheit (ISBN 978-3-89645-315-0)
• History for Today – Understanding, activating, and updating the historical inheritance (ISBN 978-3-89645-755-4)
• Jenseits der Dunkelheit (ISBN 978-3-89645-441-6)
• Kurze Geschichte der Vereinten Evangelischen Mission – Short History of the United Evangelical Mission (ISBN 978-3-89645-753-0)
• Seine „Gehülfin“ (ISBN 978-3-89645-443-0)
• Sisters from Two Worlds (ISBN 978-3-89645-752-3)

Cross-reference:

• Religion und Heilkunst der Toba-Batak auf Sumatra (ISBN 978-3-89645-445-4)
• Sie kamen als Forscher und Ärzte ... (ISBN 978-3-89645-228-3)

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