Hans Peter Børresen
Hans Peter Boerresen (29 November 1825 – 23 September 1901) was a Danish missionary to India. He and Norwegian missionary Lars Olsen Skrefsrud were the founders of Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church—centered in North India - Bihar, Assam, and Bengal - extending into Nepal and Bhutan. Missionary work Hans Peter Boerresen was sent to India in 1864 by Berlin based Gossner Missionary Society to evangelizing North Indian aborigines. He was initially placed at station Purulia, now in West Bengal to work along with Lars Olsen Skrefsrud. In 1867, he and Lars Olsen Skrefsrud left the Gossner Mission along with Edward Colpys Johnson, from the Baptist Missionary Society. They founded Ebenezer Mission station at Benagaria in the Santal Parganas. They started the new mission station to work among aborigines (Santals, Bodos, Bengalis, and Bihari people) on their own. Boerresen became fundraiser for the mission, while Skrefsrud gave the mission its dynamic character and resolute sense ...
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Børresen HP
Børresen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arne Børresen (1907–1947), Norwegian footballer *Børge Børresen (1919–2007), Danish sailor *Erik Børresen (1785–1860), Norwegian ship owner, merchant and philanthropist *Geir Børresen (1942–2022), Norwegian actor and entertainer *Hakon Børresen (1876–1954), Danish composer *Hans Peter Børresen (1825–1901), Danish missionary *Ida Børresen (born 1950), Norwegian civil servant *Nils Elias Børresen (1812–1863), Norwegian politician *Odd Børresen (1923–2010), Norwegian linguist, preacher, and missionary *Ole Børresen, Danish sailor *Urban Jacob Rasmus Børresen (1857–1943), Norwegian rear admiral and industry leader {{DEFAULTSORT:Borresen Danish-language surnames Norwegian-language surnames ...
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