Heinrich Coerper

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Heinrich Coerper

Pastor Heinrich Coerper (born March 3, 1863 in Meisenheim ; † July 8, 1936 in Lahr -Dinglingen) was a German clergyman and founder and leader of today's Liebenzeller Mission in Bad Liebenzell in the Black Forest .

Life

Coerper was born the seventh child of a pastor's family. After the Latin school in his hometown and from 1877 he attended the high school in Cologne, where he lived with his older brother Fritz. After graduating, he studied theology in Halle , from 1884 in Tübingen , Utrecht , Berlin and from 1886 in Bonn . In 1887 his military service followed with the Guard Fusilier Regiment in Berlin, where he served as a soldier at the funeral of the German Emperor Friedrich III. was present. In Berlin he was shaped by sermons by Rudolf Kögel and Adolf von Stoecker . Initially an enthusiastic humanist, he was decisively shaped in the following years by pietistic personalities such as Theodor Christlieb and Elias Schrenk , who inspired him to become an active Christian. In 1888/1889 Coerper worked as a teacher at the Johanneum Evangelist School in Bonn. From 1890 to 1894 he was the second pastor of the chapel community in Heidelberg , where he began extensive work among children and students and in 1895 became a co-founder of the German Christian Student Association . During this time he came into contact with English Christianity through Otto Stockmayer , Georg Müller and Hudson Taylor (founders of the China Inland Mission, today: Overseas Missionary Fellowship International [OMF]) and took part in events of the Keswick movement . After his marriage, Coerper held the pastoral position in Essen until 1897 , where he was elected chairman of the Blue Cross Association. Then he was pastor at the deaconess house in Strasbourg until 1899 .

On November 13, 1899, Coerper founded the “German branch of the English China Inland Mission ” in Hamburg-Uhlenhorst and on January 1, 1900, he published the German edition of the mission news sheet “Chinas Millions” for the first time. On April 5, 1902, the mission family moved to Liebenzell in the Black Forest because their house in Hamburg was terminated. In 1906 the name was changed to "Liebenzeller Mission in the Association of China Inland Mission", later to "Liebenzeller Mission".

In 1900 Coerper began training missionaries and missionary sisters , later also for work in Germany. This training is continued to this day in the theological seminar of the Liebenzell Mission and from 2011 as the Liebenzell International University . As early as 1900, under Coerper's leadership, the first missionary was sent to China and German missionaries sent from England were taken on. In 1903 the first self-trained missionaries followed. In 1906 work began in the South Seas ( Ponape , Mortlock Islands , Chuuk , Palau , Yap , Manus ) and in 1927 in Japan .

Coerper founded the "South German EC Association" in 1904 and was also its chairman until 1933, of today's " South West German Youth Association Decided for Christ " (SWD-EC). In 1910 he was co-founder and chairman of the neo-pietist "South German Association for Evangelism and Community Care" (from 1993 " South German Community Association ") based in Cannstatt . In 1933 Coerper united Christians and Christian circles in southern Germany to form the “ Liebenzeller Community Association ”.

Heinrich Coerper died on July 8, 1936 in Lahr-Dinglingen, his grave is located near the town church in Bad Liebenzell. The work of the Liebenzeller Mission was continued from January 1934 by Ernst Buddeberg , the son-in-law of his brother Fritz Coerper.

criticism

As early as 1915, Coerper commented negatively on Judaism: "Judaism is not a religion, it is a race." In 1932 he advised his fellow believers to vote for Hitler, which was controversial within the community movement. Because he was nationally conservative, loyal to the emperor and patriotic. A leader who fought against the Catholic center, the Weimar democracy and communism was therefore very convenient for him. He brushed aside the few doubts the Pietist had and, in keeping with the spirit of the times, congratulated Hitler on his election victory.

Appreciations

  • Heinrich-Coerper-Weg : a path in Bad Liebenzell that has been named after him since April 2002.
  • Klangcoerper : this is what the IHL University Choir has been calling itself since 2012, based on him as the founder of the Liebenzeller Mission.
  • The “Klein-Wildbad-Quelle” of the city of Bad Liebenzell was renamed Heinrich-Coerper-Quelle in July 2005 .

Private

On September 18, 1894, Heinrich Coerper married his wife Ruth Robert, who was born in Biel / Bienne and whom he met in Dinglingen, where the wedding also took place. The couple had four children.

Fonts

  • Is Gentile Mission still appropriate? , Bad Liebenzell (no year).
  • China and the missionaries. A true answer to the questions: How did Europe indebted to China? and what does Europe owe China? , St. Johannis, Lahr-Dinglingen 1901.
  • The missionary obligation of the Church of God , Bad Liebenzell, 1904.
  • The factory of the China Inland Mission in Liebenzell , Bad Liebenzell, before 1906.
  • Pastor Johannes Röschmann: A picture of life from the beginnings of the community movement of our time , G. Ihloff, Neumünster 1906.
  • The one up there , the publishing house of the Liebenzeller Mission; Johannis-Verlag , Lahr-Dinglingen 1918.
  • The last quarter of an hour , the Liebenzeller Mission publishing house; Johannis-Verlag, Lahr-Dinglingen 1919.
  • Small electoral catechism , leaflet, 1919.
  • Grace for grace. Something about the development and work of the Liebenzeller Mission 1899–1924 , Verlag der Buchhandlung der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1924.
  • Prayer, the power of the children of God , (lecture) Verlag der Buchhandlung der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1930.
edited by Wilhelm Steinhilber (posthumously)
  • Blessings , Johannis, Lahr-Dinglingen 1937, ISBN 978-3-880027039 .
  • What did you do for the mission Questions to old and young friends of the mission , Verlag der Buchhandlung der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1937.
  • Advice for your religious life , Verlag der St.-Johannis-Druckerei, Schweickhardt 1957.
  • The Letter to the Hebrews , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1963.
  • Pastoral care by letters , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1966.
  • Thoughts for every day , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1985, ISBN 978-3-880022492 .

literature

  • Eduard Kühn and W. Grünewald (eds.): Pastor Heinrich Coerper: In memory of the founder of the Liebenzeller Mission , Bad Liebenzell 1951.
  • Ernst Buddeberg: Heinrich Coerper. From the life and work of the founder of the Liebenzeller Mission , publishing house of the Liebenzeller Mission bookstore, Bad Liebenzell 1936; Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell, 4th revised edition 1989, ISBN 978-3-880023413 .
  • Kurt E. Koch: Heinrich Coerper and his work , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1964.
  • Wilhelm Steinhilber: One of the Seventy. from the life of the founder of the Liebenzeller Mission , Hänssler Verlag , Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-921113-27-X .
  • Wilhelm Steinhilber: The fire-breathing mountain. from the early days of the Liebenzeller Mission , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1985, ISBN 3-88002-050-7 .
  • Karl Kalmbach : With God from person to person. From the history of the Liebenzeller Mission , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission , Bad Liebenzell 1999, ISBN 3-88002-664-5 .
  • Lienhard Pflaum : Heinrich Coerper. A man that Jesus Christ used. For his 140th birthday , Verlag der St.-Johannis-Druckerei , Lahr 2003, ISBN 3-501-01481-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Founding of the SWD-EC Association ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , swdec.de, accessed on April 27, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.swdec.de
  2. ^ Ernst Friedrich Buddeberg: Ernst Buddeberg - A life from faith , p. 13, Verlag Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell 1989, ISBN 978-3-880023802 .
  3. ↑ https://www.evangelisches-gemeindeblatt.de/detailansicht/entsetzt-ueber-antisemitismus-1008/ Andreas Steidel: Shocked about anti-Semitism , Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Württemberg 2015
  4. ↑ The renaming of the private road took place on April 19, 2002 in connection with the celebrations of 100 years of Liebenzeller Mission in Bad Liebenzell . Announcement in the "Stadtbote - Official Gazette of the City of Bad Liebenzell, Issue No. 16.
  5. ↑ Information on Heinrich-Coerper-Weg ( Memento from July 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Klangcoerper Bad Liebenzell: Rhythmically Moving Arrangements , schwarzwaelder-bote.de, report from December 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ In recognition of the great commitment of the Liebenzeller Mission and its services to the city of Bad Liebenzell, the "Bad Liebenzeller Quelle Nr. 3" will bear the name Heinrich-Coerper-Quelle ( certificate ) from July 2005
  8. ^ Andrea Fisel: History of the building. Source renamed "Heinrich Coerper Quelle" , schwarzwaelder-bote.de, article from July 21, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Coerper, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, founder and head of the Liebenzeller Mission in Bad Liebenzell, Black Forest
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Meisenheim
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1936
Place of death Lahr- Dinglingen