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Johan Storm Munch's life (1827–1908) was an encounter with most of the changes that Norwegian church life was exposed to in the 19th century. In this book, you can follow him from his early years in Kristiansand, where his father was bishop, and on to his life as a student in Kristiania. He came to live in a time of great spiritual renewal. As a student, Johan Storm Munch seems to have been influenced by the spirituality of the Moravian Brethren. As a pastor for Norwegian emigrants in the United States, Storm Munch got to know a church life that was both Lutheran and independent from national authorities. During the years he spent in America he also strengthened his relationship to the Haugean movement that had formed one of the Norwegian church bodies there.
When Johan Storm Munch became a student, his mother was widowed, and he had to finance his theological education by working as a schoolteacher. And it was as teacher he met the woman that should become his wife, Kaja Falch. Her letters from the time in the United States are an important source of knowledge about life among the emigrants, in addition to providing a picture of a creative and committed woman.
When Johan Storm Munch returned to Norway, he became a staunch advocate for freedom for the state church. He gave up his ministry in 1875 and moved to the capital with his family. There he worked as an evangelist with the American preacher Moody as his role model, while the most famous songs from Moody's Associates were translated into Norwegian. Who has not sung ""I Will Sing of My Redeemer"" and ""What a Friend we Have in Jesus""? His preaching in the Klingenberg Dance Hall and the Calmeyergaten Mission House often gathered over 2,000 listeners, and he published several books. He was also active as an advisor to those who founded the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway, in Arendal 1877. In 1901, Johan Storm Munch was knighted by King Oscar of Norway for ""meritorious pastoral work.""
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