Fritz Binde

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Fritz Binde (1894)

Fritz Binde (born May 30, 1867 in Heldburg ; † September 10, 1921 in Riehen near Basel) was a preacher of the community movement and an evangelist.

Life

Binde grew up in Heldburg and Neustadt in Thuringia as the son of a watchmaker. He completed an apprenticeship with a decorative painter and with his father, who had meanwhile moved to Sonneberg . In September 1885, Binde went on a journey with a tinsmith and found work, first in Wetzlar , then in Wuppertal and, from September 1887, in Wald (now a part of Solingen ) at Uhrmacher Kortenhaus, whose daughter Anna he later married. Here he joined a free-thinking reading club. After problems with his freethinking ideas had been overcome, he got engaged at Christmas 1889.

Since October 1890 he was able to run a business set up by his in-laws in Vohwinkel (now part of Wuppertal). Due to a serious illness of his father-in-law, he married Anna Korthaus in December 1890 in her father's hospital room.

Binde dealt with socialist literature and wrote articles for various purposes; He also proved himself as a speaker at SPD party meetings. From 1894 he became increasingly alienated from the party; he felt "disgust at the domineering and vengeful party hustle and bustle and ... doubts about social democratic science". Friedrich Nietzsche and Immanuel Kant then read until he finally left the SPD.

In the next phase of his life he saw himself as an anarchist ; it was shaped by the desire to “create free people in a free community” ( BBKL ) . The prerequisite for this is the willingness of people to educate themselves and to free themselves. Binde moved to Bonn in 1900 . There he was able to establish himself as a theater critic and art reviewer. He became nervous and could no longer go about his work.

A vision of Christ as well as encounters with different Christians finally marked another turning point in Fritz Binde's life. From March 1902 he stayed to relax in the Rämismühle in the canton of Zurich. There he learned to preach and performed his first services in community hours there. After several evangelism trips, in January 1903 he became a preacher of the community movement for Waldeck Bad Wildungen and the surrounding area. In the summer of 1905 he became an employee of the German Tent Mission and moved first to Siegen , then in 1909 back to the Rämismühle. From 1911 he worked as a freelance evangelist and worked in the Rämismühle rest home. In May 1914, the company finally moved to Riehen near Basel. He now saw his task in evangelizing in the big cities.

Because of a weak heart, the bandage was of weak constitution. Over time, diabetes and boils joined in. In 1921 his weakened body failed and he died after a brief serious illness on the morning of September 10, 1921 in his house in Riehen. On September 13th he was buried in the cemetery in Riehen.

Works

Autobiographical

  • From socialist to Christian. A real life story. 1905 (New editions since 1964 under the title Vom Anarchisten zum Christen. ), ISBN 3-7655-5877-X .

Theological

  • Fire on earth. 1908 (evangelism lectures)
  • Spiritism. 1909
  • The completion of the body of Christ. 1910.
  • What does god want? 1916
  • Hard speech. 1916 (evangelism lectures)
  • God speaks in war weather. 1916 (evangelism lectures)
  • Not but I live. 1917 (Bible Study)
  • The holy simplicity. 49 considerations. 1 1919, 10 2007 Linea, Bad Wildbad ISBN 978-3-939075-00-4 .
  • New hearts. 1921 (evangelism lectures)
  • Christ in us. 1922 (Bible Study)
  • The "greatest revolution"! no year
  • From the mystery of the cross. no year

stories

  • The last. 12 wonderful stories against the worldly people. 1914.
  • Recovered souls. 1919.
  • The three icicles. The man without a collar. 1920.
  • Gabriel, the first fruit. 1920.
  • Railway attendant Grundmann. 1920.
  • The cold coffee. 1920.
  • The laughter of the elders. 1920.

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personal data
SURNAME Binde, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German preacher and evangelist
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Heldburg
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1921
Place of death Riehen