Rudolph Dubs
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Bishop Rudolph Dubs (May 31, 1837 - March 31, 1915) was bishop of the Evangelical Association. In 1890-1891 he presided over a schism in the Evangelical Church and his followers were called Dubsites. His detractors were Esherites, followers of John Jacob Esher. His faction broke away to form the United Evangelical Church.[1]
Biography
Rudolph Dubs was born in Germany on May 31, 1837. He married Elizabeth Wabnitz on June 4, 1861, in Louisa County, Iowa.
In 1890-1891 he presided over a schism in the Evangelical Church and his followers were called Dubsites. His detractors were Esherites. His faction broke away to form the United Evangelical Church in 1894.[1]
He died on March 31, 1915, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from a heart ailment.[2]