Who was Henry Feyerabend
Henry Raymond Feyerabend (July 10, 1931 - December 12, 2006) was a pastor, evangelist, singer, and writer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the United States, not in Canada as is sometimes assumed.
At age 4, he moved with his family to Waldheim, in the province of Saskatchewan, and was raised in Canada. That's why, when he arrived in Brazil, he was described as a missionary coming from Canada. He died in 2006, at age 75, from cancer (sarcoma).
The pioneer of the Pathfinders in Santa Catarina
In 1958, Feyerabend came from Canada as a missionary to Santa Catarina. According to the official Pathfinders source, between early 1959 and 1960 he founded seven clubs, the first being the Vigilantes Club of Lajeado Baixo, whose first director was Haroldo Fuckner.
The Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists (ESDA) records that, in his first year of work, the Mission organized clubs in the cities of Lajeado Baixo, Blumenau, Joinville, Bom Retiro, and Alto Benedito Novo. The sources disagree on the exact number of clubs: the official Pathfinders source cites seven, while the cities listed by the ESDA suggest eight. The organization of the clubs is credited to the local Mission.
The exact day-by-day dates of the founding of the first club are not confirmed by an official source — Feyerabend himself admitted he kept no written record.
The first camping trip and CATRE
Feyerabend led Brazil's first Pathfinder camping trip, held on November 1-2, 1960, at Itapema beach in Santa Catarina.
At his suggestion, the Mission purchased land in Itapema, where it established its first youth camp. That site is known today as CATRE, located in Governador Celso Ramos (SC).
Singer, evangelist, and television man
Starting in 1962, Feyerabend sang as tenor in the Heralds of the King quartet — the Portuguese-language counterpart of the King's Heralds — and appeared on The Voice of Prophecy.
He later became a speaker and director of the It Is Written television program in Canada, with Shawn Boonstra as his successor. Over his lifetime, he authored or co-authored more than 40 published books; his autobiography is titled Born to Preach.