Ministers debate training and evangelical unity in England
A large gathering discussed that modern ministry requires longer study and discouraged untrained ministers. They backed a motion urging reconsideration of Pastors' College training and called for a broader Evangelical conference to unite Free Churches for education and joint action against a Romish Establishment. The session urged cooperation among Congregationalists Baptists Methodists and Presbyterians to reduce small rural churches and improve ministerial support.
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London
Pastors’ College
M‘aul
A. Hannay
Yorkshire
Bevan
Conference OF Tite Free Churches
Kennedy
Stepney
Church of England
Rome
England
Congregational
Baptist Unions
Wesleyan Conference
Presbyterian Synod
Norfolk
Conference Methodists
Primitive Methodists
The
Independents
Baptists
Plymouth Brethren
Voltaire
Baptists Union
United Action
W. Roberts
Andreweed
St. Leonard’s
Thanksgiving Meeting at Surrey Chapel in 19th Century Faith
A large gathering at Surrey Chapel heard tribute to civil and religious liberty and the Congregational Union. Speakers noted forefathers who defended conscience and church principles, with praise for steadfast Congregational beliefs and their role in spiritual history.
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Surrey Chapel
T. R. Hill
M.P
Union Chapel
W. Tritton
Great Yarmouth
William Preston
Hull
Charman
Congregational Union of
England and Wales
Old Surrey
Land
J. Raptorp TuHomson
Tunbridge Wells
Congregational Churches
Robinson
Holland
New England
John Owen
Anne
House of Hanover
General Baptists