Anniehs, Arnoldo Oscar (1915–1993)

Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs was a pastor and evangelist in Brazil.

Anniehs was born on February 26, 1915, in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.¹ Arnoldo was one of six children born to Alberto Annies (1888-1980) and Martha (Seeling) Annies (1889-1982).² Born into an Adventist family, his grandfather, Augusto Annies, was one of the first Sabbath keepers in Brazil. Anniehs’ parents were dedicated missionaries and one of the founders of the Vista Alegre Adventist Church in Curitiba. He spent his childhood in his hometown, where he helped take care of his father’s farm since he was a little boy. There he completed elementary school³ in 1928. He continued his studies at Brazil College, where he finished his education in 1932. In 1938 he was invited to be the first agricultural administrator of the East Brazil Academy (ITA, now IPAE), located in the city of Petropolis, state of Rio de Janeiro.⁴ Arnoldo was also the first student to arrive there,⁵ and he remained at the academy until 1940. He then returned to Brazil College, where he completed his Theology studies in 1944.⁶ On December 28, 1944, he married Sarah Waldvogel Maluf (1918-2004), who was a teacher in various Adventist schools. From this union, Aroldo Valter (1945-2022) and Marisa Esther were born.⁷

In 1945, Anniehs joined the ministry as a Bible teacher at the Butiá Adventist School (currently IAP) and an evangelist at the Paraná-Santa Catarina Conference.⁸ That year, he and his wife joined the church’s efforts to share the Adventist message with an indigenous group in the region of Taquara de Baixo, in the state of Paraná.⁹ In 1946, he returned to manage the ITA farm, still working as a teacher until 1947. Then, he became director of the Publishing Department of the Bahia-Sergipe Mission. During this period, he held evangelistic series in the cities of Araci and Canavieiras, both in Bahia. In 1951, he became an evangelist and pastor of the Espírito-Santo Conference,¹⁰ working among German families in the region of Serra Pelada, state of Espírito Santo. In 1952, he helped Pastor Walter Schubert, who was an evangelist for the South American Division.¹¹ From that experience, he developed an even greater appreciation for the work of an evangelist.¹² He held evangelistic meetings in the cities of Aimorés (1953)¹³ and Afonso Cláudio, giving start to the construction of the local church. Then, he became responsible for the district of the city of Vitória, capital of Espírito Santo, which at the time had three churches.¹⁴ He was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1956.¹⁵

Anniehs remained in the Espírito-Santo Conference until 1959, when he was appointed evangelist in the São Paulo Conference.¹⁶ During this period, he held evangelistic meetings in several cities in the state of São Paulo, such as Presidente Venceslau (1959),¹⁷ Pacaembu (1960),¹⁸ Registro (1961),¹⁹ Araras (1962),²⁰ Leme (1962),²¹ Moji Mirim (1963),²² Cruzeiro (1969²³and 1970 ²⁴), Araraquara (1971),²⁵ and Taboão da Serra (1978).²⁶ He also pastored the districts of Vila Maria (1974-1975) and Campo Limpo (1976-1978).²⁷ Anniehs worked actively for the São Paulo Conference for 21 years, retiring in 1980.²⁸

After his retirement, Anniehs remained in the state of São Paulo. He lived in the region of the current UNASP, São Paulo campus, and in the cities of Itatiba, Araras and Artur Nogueira. In these places, he continued to preach the gospel, participating in the missionary activities of the local churches and giving Bible studies until a month before his death, on March 22, 1993,²⁹ in the city of Artur Nogueira, where he was buried.³⁰

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Notes

1. Autobiographical Information from Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs (Collection of the National Center of Adventist History/Ellen G. White Research Center: UNASP-EC, Engenheiro Coelho, SP).↩

2. Marisa Blahovich, email to Maria Júlia A. P. dos Santos, February 23, 2017.↩

3. Ibid.↩

4. Autobiographical Information from Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs.↩

5. Zeferino Stabenow, “1978 - Ano Mundial da Educação Adventista: maravilhosa história de um colégio,” Revista Adventista, year 73, no. 5, May 1978, 14; Autobiographical Information from Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs.↩

6. Autobiographical Information from Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs.↩

7. Ibid.; Marisa Blahovich, email to Maria Júlia dos Santos Galvani, March 23, 2023.↩

8. Autobiographical Information from Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs; “Butia Academy,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1946), 230.↩

9. Alfredo Otto, “Batismo no Interior do Paraná,” Revista Adventista, year 40, no. 4, April 1945, 29-30.↩

10. Autobiographical Information from Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs.↩

11. Marisa Blahovich, email to Maria Júlia A. P. dos Santos, February 23, 2017.↩

12. Nigri, Moisés, “1ª Convenção das Lanças Adventistas,” Revista Adventista, year 47, no. 11, November 1952, 13.↩

13. E. Roth, “Inauguration of the Temple at Aimorés,” ARH, February 1953, 13.↩

14. Marisa Blahovich, email to Maria Júlia A. P. dos Santos, February 23, 2017.↩

15. “Espírito Santo Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1956), 143; “Espírito Santo Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1957), 144.↩

16. Autobiographical Information from Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs.↩

17. Roberto Ferrari, “Trinta e Três Ressuscitados em Presidente Venceslau,” Revista Adventista, year 55, no. 8, August 1960, 30.↩

18. Geraldo Silva, “Notícias de Pacaembu,” Revista Adventista, year 62, no. 3, March 1967, 21-22.↩

19. Kiyoshi Hosokawa, “Registro em Marcha,” Revista Adventista, year 57, no. 1, January 1962, 27.↩

20. Reynaldo F. Pinto, “Em Araras,” Revista Adventista, year 57, no. 10, October 1962, 27-28.↩

21. Kiyoshi Hosokawa, “Através de um Sonho,” Revista Adventista, year 59, no. 8, August 1964, 24-25.↩

22. A. Campolongo, “Prefeito Entrega Certificados da Voz da Profecia,” Revista Adventista, year 59, no. 10, October 1964, 29.↩

23. Osvaldo Félix, “Notas e Notícias Paulistas – Temperança,” Revista Adventista, year 64, no. 7, July 1969, 31.↩

24. Osvaldo Félix, “Notas e Notícias Paulistas – Evangelismo,” Revista Adventista, year 65, no. 03, March 1970, 30. ↩

25. “União Sul,” Revista Adventista, year 66, no. 2, February 1971, 29.↩

26. Severino Bezerra, “Notas do Evangelismo – Paulista Leste,” Revista Adventista, year 73, no. 6, June 1978, 18.↩

27. Marisa Blahovich, email to Maria Júlia dos Santos Galvani, March 23, 2023.↩

28. Autobiographical Information from Arnoldo Oscar Anniehs.↩

29. Marisa Blahovich, email to Maria Júlia A. P. dos Santos, February 23, 2017.↩

30. Memorandum sent to the Ellen G. White Research Center by the Central Brazil Union Conference (Collection of the National Center of Adventist History/Ellen G. White Research Center: UNASP-EC, Engenheiro Coelho, SP).; “Pastor Arnoldo Anniehs,” Revista Adventista, year 89, no. 10, October 1993, 39.↩