Free Church Principles in Relation to the Ministry
The meeting heard clergy ethics on church authority and dissent in England. Speakers urged free church training, stronger colleges, and closer ties to universities, while decrying ritualism and priestly privilege. A paper on American voluntaryism contrasted establishment with free religion and cited Madison on religious liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Rome
Clarkson
Holy Ghost
God’s Church
United Presbyterian Church
Liverpool
Congregational Union of
England and Wales
Rupert Bruce
Huddersfield
Free Church
Congregational Churches
Free Churches of England
Free Churches
Jostra Thomerson
Berlin
New York
United States
Thompson
New York City
Free Churches of America
Grant
England
James Madison
Henry Riccard
M.P
House of Commons
Colman
Resolutions Closed Meeting Amid Laughter At Public Session
A resolution praising a constituency's antiquity intelligence and zeal was seconded by Rev. A Hannay and carried by acclamation as the meeting concluded amid laughter.
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A. Hannay
The Fifteenth Church Congress in Stoke on Trent
The Fifteenth Church Congress at Stoke on Trent pursued a safe programme with broad unity aims yet accused of limiting dissent. It featured sermons and papers on church unity and, notably, a major evening debate on countering drunkenness led by Sir Harcourt Johnstone Basil Wilberforce and Sir Wilfrid Lawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Church Congress
Congress
Stoke-on-Trent
Potteries
Lichfield
Selwyn
Christendom
America
Colonies
United Kingdom
Rochester
Edinburgh
Melbourne
Lord Plunket
Tennessee
Dickenson
Harcourt Johnstone
Basil Wilberforce
Wilfrid Lawson
Wilberforce