John Wroe

John Wroe
John Wroe
Born	19 September 1782; East Bowling, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Died	5 February 1863 (aged 80); Melbourne, Australia
Occupation	Religious leader
Church	Christian Israelite Church

John Wroe (19 September 1782 – 5 February 1863) was a British evangelist who founded the Christian Israelite Church in the 1820s after having what he believed were a series of visions.

Biography

Wroe was born, on 19 September 1782, in the village of East Bowling, near Bradford, West Yorkshire to a worsted manufacturer and farmer, and baptised in the town.^[1] After a rather scanty education, he entered his father's business, but later took a farm. He married and brought up a family of seven children.^{[citation needed]}

In 1819 Wroe became ill with a fever and two doctors who attended him considered his life was in serious danger. Wroe asked for a minister to come and pray with him. Although his wife sent for four church ministers, each refused his request. Wroe then asked his wife to read a few chapters of the Bible to him, and after a while, he gradually recovered his bodily health, but his mental distress continued and he "wrestled with God" day and night for some months.^{[citation needed]}

A short time later, Wroe started having visions, and often became blind and unable to speak — on one occasion remaining blind for six days. During these periods, Wroe said, many remarkable events were foretold and revealed to him: the Spirit told him to relinquish his worldly employment, so he devoted his life to travelling and preaching, where he gained many followers and persuaded them that he was a messenger of God.^{[citation needed]}

Wroe, although often persecuted and threatened, travelled throughout Europe including Gibraltar, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Scotland, and Wales. He later travelled to the United States, and Australia.^[2]

The Christian Israelite Church was originally set up in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire and from 1822 to 1831 the church's headquarters were in the town. In the 1820s the church trustees wanted to turn Ashton-under-Lyne into a "new Jerusalem". They intended to build a wall around the town with four gateways, and although the wall was never constructed, the four gatehouses were, as was a printing press. These plans failed when the Trustees were replaced and the church headquarters moved to Gravesend in Kent in the 1830s. Popular opinion in Ashton turned against Wroe when, in 1831, he was accused of indecent behaviour, but the charges were dismissed. The church spread to Australia, where it is still active.^[3]^[4]

Wroe died in Melbourne, Australia, on 5 February 1863, aged 81, leaving the church affairs in the hands of his trustees.^[1]

Cultural depictions and legacy

Wroe’s life was the basis of a novel, Mr Wroe's Virgins by Jane Rogers.^[5] In 1993 Jonathan Pryce featured as Wroe, alongside Kathy Burke and Minnie Driver, in a BBC mini-series adaptation of the novel directed by Danny Boyle.^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Wroe, John (1782–1863)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
^ Official Christian Israelite Website 2008
^ Nevell (1994), p. 95.
^ A Tribute to Prophet Wroe 1782–1863, Tameside.gov.uk, retrieved 10 July 2009
^ Rogers, Jane (2011). Mr Wroe's Virgins. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-0-618-06613-1.
^ "Mr. Wroe's Virgins". Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
^ "The story of John Wroe – the self-proclaimed Prophet who taught that Ashton would be The New Jerusalem". Visit Manchester. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

Bibliography

Baring-Gould, Sabine (1900). "Prophet Wroe" . Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events (5 ed.). London: Methuen. pp. 28–58.
Gordon, Alexander (1900). "Wroe, John" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 158–160.
Nevell, Mike (1994). The People Who Made Tameside. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. ISBN 1-871324-12-2.
Green, Edward (2005). Prophet John Wroe: Virgins, Scandals and Visions. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-4077-8.

External links

[ADB-1] "Wroe, John (1782–1863)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

[2] Official Christian Israelite Website 2008

[3] Nevell (1994), p. 95.

[4] A Tribute to Prophet Wroe 1782–1863, Tameside.gov.uk, retrieved 10 July 2009

[5] Rogers, Jane (2011). Mr Wroe's Virgins. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-0-618-06613-1.

[6] "Mr. Wroe's Virgins". Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via www.imdb.com.

[7] "The story of John Wroe – the self-proclaimed Prophet who taught that Ashton would be The New Jerusalem". Visit Manchester. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

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John Wroe

Biography

Cultural depictions and legacy

References

Bibliography

External links

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