Cloud of Witnesses: Volbrecht Nagel

Volbrecht Nagel (1867–1921) was a German evangelist and hymn writer who served in the Malabar coast of India, in present-day Kerala. He was born on November 3, 1867, in Stammheim, Hessen, Germany to Heinrich Peter and Elisabeth May Nagel. In 1892, he graduated from the Basel Mission Training Institute and was ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in 1893. 

Nagel arrived in Cannarone in December 1893, and in 1897, he moved to the town of Kunnumkulum due to doctrinal differences with the Lutheran church. There, he learned Malayalam and married Harriet Mitchell, and associated himself with the Brethren community. In 1914, Nagel returned to Germany but could not return due to the onset of World War I. He is known for his many songs in Malayalam that are popular within the Christian community in South India. Nagel had a stroke and died on May 12, 1921.

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