It Started In A Kitchen

"I went to my knees and prayed to my Father in Heaven to tell me why he had called upon me to defend a Church which I knew nothing" - Ludwig Rueckert

Born in 1871, Ludwig Rueckert was brought up in a strict Lutheran family in Hochbach, Bavaria. He attended school until age 13 and gave up a scholarship to train as a butcher. As a teenager, he left home for work and later with his brother Leonhardt travelled around Germany. In 1892, he became “somewhat of a ruffian” and cast aside the teachings of his…