[1] Christopher Hoen was born on the Vølstad farm in Øvre Eiker in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
Hoen was also a prominent Haugean and supporter of revivalist and lay minister Hans Nielsen Hauge.
In 1797, he held a prayer meeting for the local farmers with Hans Nilsen Hauge.
The Conventicle Act of 1741 (Konventikkelplakaten) prohibited any religious meetings without the parish priest's approval.
During the emergency war years 1807–1808, he was entrusted with the distribution of moss-like grain surrogate for the poor, and he managed the Eiker granary from 1810 to 1824.