1857 - 1857

Small Start to Mission Outreach

Ernst Fachtmann begins serving as a “Reiseprediger,” or a traveling preacher. Fachtmann’s remarkable ministry begins in October 1857 when he sets out on foot with a pack filled with books and Communion ware. He travels first in Wisconsin to Port Washington and Sheboygan before turning west toward Lake Winnebago. His travels continue on toward Fond du Lac, La Crosse, and eventually into Minnesota.