Henry Drummond (1786–1860)

Henry Drummond ( born December 5, 1786 in Alresford, Hampshire, † February 20, 1860 in Albury, Surrey ) was an English banker and member of the House. He is best known as co-founder and later apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Church.

Life

Drummond was the eldest son of Henry Drummond, a respected London banker. From 1793, he was educated at Harrow School. Then he studied from 1802 at Christ Church College in Oxford. In 1817 he retired from his church, the Church of England, and joined the evangelical circles to. After the death of his father and the phasing out of father's bank he moved into a good income and therefore put themselves at the service carried by Henry Thornton, William Wilberforce, Thomas Chalmers, Edward Irving and James and Robert Haldane revivalism.

In June 1817 he went with his wife to Geneva, where he again met Robert Haldane and increasingly turned to missionary activities. Drummond had an impact on the Geneva revivalism, the Reveil.

In the years 1826-1830 he organized on his estate Albury Park gatherings of about 30 ministers of various churches and prominent laymen. During the first conference on the 1st Sunday of Advent 1826 was an eight-day meeting in order to clarify the different interpretations of prophetic promises and the resulting end-time expectations with prayer and Bible study. The results of these discussions, whose most prominent participant Edward Irving had been published by Drummond.

By now it had come to Scotland and London charismatic revivals. In June 1831 Drummond first heard about the occurred spiritual gifts. He examined these skeptical at first, but was then convinced of its Divine origin. He then initiated their own prayer meetings, which the resistance of the local priest and chairman of the Albury conferences, McNeile, evoked. Therefore Drummond began to hold their own worship at his country estate on July 29, 1832 with his family and about 20 like-minded people. In the first worship service for the first time stepped out the gift of prophecy. On October 20, 1832 Henry Drummond was then called to " shepherd" the first Catholic Apostolic Church. Eleven days later, on October 31, 1832, John Bate Cardale was first raised as an apostle.

On Boxing Day 1832 ordained Cardale Drummond as " angel " ( = bishop ) of the house church of Albury, which thus now was able to celebrate the Lord's Supper. In the Drummond immediately informed local pastor so he came again to rejection. On September 25, 1833 and Drummond was appointed as an apostle.

1836 Drummond explained because of a prophecy that the apostles were entrusted to the tribes of Israel. Each apostle was then assigned to one of the 12 tribes and received a working area. ( It followed much later the development of the New Apostolic chief apostle ministry. ) Henry Drummond was awarded the tribe of Benjamin, assigned to, what Scotland and the Protestant Switzerland meant.

Until July 12, 1836, he acted as " angels " of the community Albury as a " pillar of the Shepherds" and as an apostle. He sat down very much for the spread of the Catholic Apostolic work and could start a church in Paris on 1 July 1849 in Basel on 18 October 1850.

On February 20, 1860, he died at the age of 73 years. He is buried with his wife and four of his children in Albury Park.