German Missions In The United States

Because Germany has such deep roots in the U.S. (German-Americans are the largest ancestry group in the country, often cited around 40-45 million people), Germany relies on a massive network of honorary consuls—American citizens, often business or community leaders, who volunteer to represent German interests in smaller cities from Des Moines to Albuquerque.

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These missions argued that you could not save a soul while a body starved. They were a direct challenge to the laissez-faire ethos of Gilded Age America, offering a model of Christian socialism that was neither Marxist nor purely evangelical. Because Germany has such deep roots in the U