Alfred Käser

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Alfred Käser (born October 25, 1879 in Walterswil , † December 21, 1924 in Sumiswald ) was a Swiss evangelist .

Life

Alfred Käser was the son of the farmer Jakob Käser.

In 1897 he heard the sermons of Christian Portner (1870-1951) while he was holding a week of evangelism , and was captured by the sanctification movement that emerged from the American Holiness Movement.

Thanks to his emotionally charged preaching style, Alfred Käser developed into one of the leaders of the radical perfectionist wing of this movement, in circles in the Emmental, some of which were darbystic . The Evangelical Society of the Canton of Bern took him into service in 1904 as an auxiliary evangelist in order to prevent a special community from forming under his leadership.

However, after he was dismissed without notice in 1908, this led to the separation of numerous communities from the Evangelical Society , among other things because of differing views about being righteous and holy in faith . Together with Christian Portner he founded a new community group , which from 1919 on was called the Association of Regional Church Communities (VLKG); in this association he was one of the leading evangelists until his fatal accident during a business trip.

Alfred Käser was married to Luise (née Käser).

literature

  • Alfred Käser . In: Christian Fuhrer: On the history of the self-conference . P. 7 and 10.
  • Thomas Hengartner : God and the world in the Emmental: a folklore study of the origins, expansion and shaping of religious life within the framework of special religious groups . 2nd Edition. Bern 1995. p. 186.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Portner, Christian. Retrieved February 18, 2020 .
  2. ^ History. February 26, 2015, accessed on February 18, 2020 (ch-de).
personal data
SURNAME Cheese maker, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss evangelist
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Walterswil
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1924
Place of death Sumiswald