The Austrian Pastor Kurt Barath, a noble Christian missionary at the IMS, fell asleep in the Lord on April 7, 2025, the Christian website www.reform-adventisten.at announced on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Pastor Kurt Barath was born on March 17, 1925, he was baptized on December 8, 1946, together with his mother in Perchtoldsdorf, a market town in the Moedling District, in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, while his consecration as Pastor was in 1952 at a Christian conference in Germany, www.reform-adventisten.at revealed. In addition, he served the Lord from 1952 to 1958 in Argentina together with his wife Elfriede whom he married on July 19, 1950, to.
Initially, Pastor Kurt Barath served God as a book canvassing worker, and since 1960 he worked in the Austrian Field at the IMS as Pastor. He served the Lord from 1974 to 1998 as President of Austrian Field, including as a member of the German Union Committee from 1988 to 1992, while from 1975 to 1998, with some interruptions, Pastor Kurt Barath served God 17 years long as President of the Swiss Field at the IMS as well.
Having four children, 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, Pastor Kurt Barath received the promised God’s blessing in Psalm 128 and Psalm 91:16. On March 15, 2025, Pastor Kurt Barath celebrated his 100th birthday together with the Christian local church at the IMS.
Written by Margarit Zhekov
Pastor Kurt Barath, a photo by www.reform-adventisten.at.
