Albert from the chamber

Albert von der Kammer (born November 7, 1860 in Wolgast , † July 9, 1951 in Klotzsche ) was a German entrepreneur, preacher and author of the Brethren movement .

Life

Albert's father Wilhelm von der Kammer (1825-1880) was initially a master shoemaker, but from 1849 worked as a Baptist evangelist . Albert himself came to the faith as a youth and was involved early on as a preacher in the Wolgast Baptist congregation. In 1880 the congregation was excluded from the Prussian Association of Baptist Congregations and joined the “closed” brothers' movement ; in the early 1890s she moved to the Raven brothers and at the end of 1904 to the "open brothers".

Von der Kammer owned a small factory in Wolgast, in which blue laundry bags were made. Around 1905 he sold them and moved to Saxony , where he helped found several congregations of the "open brothers". At times he was also a guest teacher at the Allianz Bible School in Berlin . From 1913 he and his son-in-law Fritz Koch published the magazine Handreichungen aus dem Word Gottes . He was an influential preacher of the Brethren movement, who also took a large part in the disputes and unification efforts between “closed” and “open brothers”. From the 1930s he was affected by rheumatism and gallbladder disease and was only rarely active. At the beginning of 1950 he suffered an accident which resulted in his death a year and a half later.

family

Albert von der Kammer was married to Marie geb. Wallis and had two daughters. Later he married a second time: Anna.

Works

• Peace, joy, assurance of salvation
• Reply to an “Excerpt from a letter about her sogn. 'Open Brothers' " (around 1920)
• An unpopular written word (1920, new editions 1954, 1961, ³1983)
• The Holy Spirit Who Dwells Within Us (1922, 1964, 1987 reissues)
• Shepherd the flock (1925, new edition 1982, ³1992)
• The difference between “table” and “meal” of the Lord. A consideration of 1 Cor. 8-10 (11) (1926)
• Edition: Handouts from the Word of God (1913–1938)
• Songs: By grace make me still , it is a miracle that you, the son, have come (English translation: How wonderful! That Thou the Son hast come )

literature

• Walther Schwammkrug: “From the story of the brothers. Third part " . In: Handout for Faith Path 11 (1965), pp. 3–23.
• Gerhard Jordy: The Brethren Movement in Germany. Volume 2: 1900-1937. R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1981.
• Ulrich Bister: The Brethren Movement in Germany from its beginnings to the ban in 1937 - with special attention to the Elberfeld assemblies. Diss. Marburg 1983.
• Tom Schröter: "Wolgast missionaries were on the road at home and abroad". In: Ostsee-Zeitung , May 3, 2011, p. 12.
• Michael Schneider: “A 'Father in Christ'. On the 60th anniversary of Albert von der Kammer's death ” . In: Zeit & Schrift 4/2011, pp. 25–29.

Web links

• Michael Vogelsang: Albert von der Kammer, 1860–1951
• Ulrich Müller: History of the "handouts"