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Lewi Pethrus
Swedish minister and hymnwriter (–)
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Born | Pethrus Lewi Johansson ()11 March Vargön, Västra Tunhem, Älvsborg, Sweden |
Died | 4 September () (aged90) Stockholm, Sweden |
Education | Bethel Seminary (Betelseminariet) in Stockholm |
Spouse | Lydia Danielsen |
Lewi Pethrus (born Pethrus Lewi Johansson) (11 March – 4 September ) was a SwedishPentecostalminister who played a decisive role in the formation and development of the Pentecostal movement in his country.
In , he founded the political party the Christian Democrats.
Lewi pethrus autobiography
Life
Pethrus was born in in Vargön, Västergötland. He held manual jobs from the age of ten, being apprenticed to a shoe factory in That year, he was baptized in the Baptist church in Vänersborg. After emigrating to Norway in , he became co-pastor of the Arendal Baptist Church in , along with Adolf Mildes.
He started speaking in tongues, believed by Pentecostals to be evidence o