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. MissionFrederik IV (1671-1730) was responsible for the evangelical missionary activity in Tranquebar. After contemplating for several years, he decided to sent evangelical messengers to Tranquebar. In 1704, he approached Dr. Lütkens about the possibility of finding suitable messengers. Lütkens, in turn, consulted Prof. Francke of Halle, Germany which resulted in two young missionaries, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg and Heinrich Plütschau arriving at Tranquebar in 1706. Several missionaries from Germany at the behest of the Halle Mission during the next decades. They included people such as Gründler, Schultze, Schwartz, Gericke, John and Cämmerer. The history of the Tranquebar Mission has been elaborately chronicled by Ferd. Fenger ("History of the Tranquebar Mission", printed by Evangelical Lutheran Mission press, available as a Google book: books.google.dk). Other important works in this area include "Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg: the father of modern Protestant mission" and "Inkulturation in Tranquebar: Der Beitrag der fruhen Danisch-Halleschen Mission zum Werden einer Indisch-Einheimnischen Kirche (1706-1730)" by Daniel Jeyaraj. There are also several articles and book-chapters by Heike Liebau. Printed Mission reports in Gothic German covering the period 1751-1796 from the National Archives, Copenhagen as well as a few letters in Tamil by Aaron and Diogo are shown in this page. |