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Eric Liddell of LMS
Eric Liddell lived from 16 January 1902 to 21 February 1945. He was a missionary and athlete often called the "Flying Scotsman", whose life became the subject of the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.
Eric Liddell was born in northern China, the second son of the Rev James Dunlop Liddell and his wife, who were serving as Scottish missionaries with the London Missionary Society.
The outstanding result of the Evangelical Revival in Congregationalism was the founding of the Missionary Society (1795), later named the London Missionary Society (1818). Its purpose was not necessarily to spread Congregationalism but to proclaim “the glorious gospel of the blessed God,” leaving the new churches to determine their own form.
The first half of the 19th century was a period of expansion and consolidation for Congregationalism. Many poorer people joined the churches, and a new political and social radicalism emerged. Voluntarism, which opposed state support of denominational education, and the Liberation Society, which advocated disestablishment, found widespread support. The Congregational Union of England and Wales, which linked the churches in a national organization, was founded in 1832, and the Colonial (later the Commonwealth) Missionary Society, which promoted Congregationalism in the English-speaking colonies, was established in 1836.
The Liberal victory of 1906 represented the peak of the social and political influence of Congregationalism. After that, Congregational churches declined most British churches, but they continued to show theological and cultural vitality. In October 1972 the majority of English Congregationalists and Presbyterians united to form the new United Reformed Church, which was joined in 1981 by the Churches of Christ, the small British counterpart of the American Disciples of Christ.
Although it has always received support from Congregational churches, the London Missionary Society joined with two other missionary societies in 1977 to form the Council for World Mission of the United Reformed Church.
These societies have established churches in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Papua New Guinea, and on islands in the South Pacific. Many of these churches are now united in wider bodies, the most notable of which is the Church of South India.
Eric Liddell lived from 16 January 1902 to 21 February 1945. He was a missionary and athlete often called the "Flying Scotsman", whose life became the subject of the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.
Eric Liddell was born in northern China, the second son of the Rev James Dunlop Liddell and his wife, who were serving as Scottish missionaries with the London Missionary Society.
The outstanding result of the Evangelical Revival in Congregationalism was the founding of the Missionary Society (1795), later named the London Missionary Society (1818). Its purpose was not necessarily to spread Congregationalism but to proclaim “the glorious gospel of the blessed God,” leaving the new churches to determine their own form.
The first half of the 19th century was a period of expansion and consolidation for Congregationalism. Many poorer people joined the churches, and a new political and social radicalism emerged. Voluntarism, which opposed state support of denominational education, and the Liberation Society, which advocated disestablishment, found widespread support. The Congregational Union of England and Wales, which linked the churches in a national organization, was founded in 1832, and the Colonial (later the Commonwealth) Missionary Society, which promoted Congregationalism in the English-speaking colonies, was established in 1836.
The Liberal victory of 1906 represented the peak of the social and political influence of Congregationalism. After that, Congregational churches declined most British churches, but they continued to show theological and cultural vitality. In October 1972 the majority of English Congregationalists and Presbyterians united to form the new United Reformed Church, which was joined in 1981 by the Churches of Christ, the small British counterpart of the American Disciples of Christ.
Although it has always received support from Congregational churches, the London Missionary Society joined with two other missionary societies in 1977 to form the Council for World Mission of the United Reformed Church.
These societies have established churches in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Papua New Guinea, and on islands in the South Pacific. Many of these churches are now united in wider bodies, the most notable of which is the Church of South India.
2024-12-11
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