Hendrik, Jonathan (Jephthah)
* ?, 1889 † Outjo, 1949.


Was in charge of the Zesfontein congregation while Kido was working in Outjo as an Evangelist. He came to missionary Nolting to request to be appointed as an Evangelist at Zesfontein after Ernst Jager was withdrawn by the RMS from Zesfontein. Jephthah (the name used by Nolting in his correspondence with Vedder) Hendrik was sub-headman when he was appointed as Evangelist.1

Der Outjo Missionar betont in seinem Jahresbericht von 1938, wie zuverlässig und treu der Evangelist Jonathan Hendrik in seiner Abwesenheit gearbeitet hat, im Gegensatz zu Petrus Hendrik, in den der Missionar so viel Vertrauen gesteckt hatte und über den bei der Rückkehr des Missionars so viele Beschwerden vorlagen.2

Mentioned in the statistics of the missionstation Outjo on the 01.01.1939 as an assistant evangelist for the farms to the north of Outjo. He was trained by Neumeister. He received a salary of £ 1-7-6. AELCRNVIII2.2PaulinumKorrespondenz1936-1948p.44,

On 15.08.1947 the following co-workers were part of the congregation OUTJO
Name
"Stamm"
Rang
Alter
Born
Dienstalter
Started
Platz
Otto Luipert
N
E
67
1870
40
1907
Fransfontein
Hendrik Adam
N
WE
57
1890
30
1917
Farmen
Nikodemus David
N
WE
55
1892
19
1928
Farmen
Jonathan Hendrik
N
WE
70
1877
10
1937
Farmen
Traugott Richter
N
WE
50
1897
10
1937
Farmen
Nikodemus Hendrik
N
L+E
33
1914
10
1937
Zesfontein Kaokofeld
Quelle: AELCRN I 3.5 Evangelisten konferenzen Listen von Evangelisten 1947-68

1.EC 1948 RMG 2.642p.69,
Menzel erwähnt von seiner Visitationsreise die Beerdigung von Jonathan Hendrik im Kapitel "Das Wunder der Gemeinde". "Gegenseitig bezeugen sie sich das Wort des Trostes. Mir war es jedenfalls auffällig, daß die Herero von Otjiwarongo nach Outjo kamen, um bei dem Begräbnis des Nama-Evangelisten Jonathan zugegen zu sein."3

Married:

Children: 

Education:

Other family members connected to RMS:
Bruder, des im Jahr 1937 verstorbenen Samuel Hendrik.4
Mission Stations:


History with the RMS:
Hendrik was the name of the kapteins of the Veldskoendraers. 
Karel [sic] Hendrik ruled in the 19th century and died in 1888.
His two sons, Hans, the older, and Jan both claimed the leadership after their father died. The German Colonial Authority proclaimed Jan Hendrik as the official kaptein.5
1 AELCRN VIII 2.3b:129. 
2 AELCRN n.N. Jahresberichte 1936, 1937 und 1938.
3 Menzel 1951:25.
4 AELCRN n.N. Jahresberichte 1936, 1937 und 1938.
5 Stals 2009:144.
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