The 2024 Congregational lecture will take place at Westminster College, Cambridge on Thursday 21 November 2024 at 5:30pm. Professor Alexandra Walsham will speak on the theme of evangelical conversion as it manifested itself among some of the mid 17th century congregations in London and Dublin, which emphasised the question of ‘heart knowledge’and the experimental realisation […]
The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust and Westminster College, Cambridge, are pleased to announce a new partnership which will see the Congregational Library relocated to, and working out of, the College. There are numerous synergies between Westminster’s current library and archives collections and that of the Congregational Library. We all look forward to a new epoch […]
Preserving the History of British Congregationalism: Dr Williams’s Library and the Congregational Library, London An event organised by The Congregational Library and Archives, Boston USA Alan Argent and David Powell Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1-2 PM EDT / 5-6 PM GMT The founders of the Congregational Library in Boston in 1853 drew inspiration not only […]
A unique opportunity to view an outstanding collection of portraits of famous non-conformists and their patrons. See the exhibition at The Basement at Bunyan from 15th November to 2 December 2023
Dr Michael Davies gave the 2023 Lecture entitled ‘John Bunyan, Congregational Person’. The lecture took place at Bunyan Meeting, Mill Street, Bedford, MK40 3EU on Thursday 23rd November 2023. The lecture can be viewed via the following link. 2023 Congregational Lecture Dr Davies teaches early modern English literature at the University of Liverpool across a […]
At the Friends’ event on 22 November 2022 Dr Digby James spoke about the life and mission of George Whitefield, illustrating his lecture with pictures and photographs. Friends who would like to see a film of the lecture can do so by going to View filmed events in the Friends of the Library drop down […]
At the Friends’ event on Tuesday 22 November, Dr John Parry spoke about The London Missionary Society, David Bogue and his connections with Scottish Congregationalists. Friends of the Congregational Library can see a film of the Dr Parry’s lecture by going to View filmed events in the Friends of the Library drop down menu and […]
Following the closure of Dr Williams’s Library and during the search for new Congregational Library premises, arrangements have been made for the Congregational Library collections to be consulted at a temporary reading room in Trinity Congregational Chapel, Brixton Any requests for access to the collections should be directed to our Archivist, David Powell at david.powell@conglib.ac.uk
The 2021 Annual Lecture took place on Thursday 11th November 2021. Rev Dr John Campbell gave the lecture entitled A Creative Inheritance – applying a nonconformist gifting in Biblical Interpretation today. John Campbell was minister of High Cross United Reformed Church in Tottenham and Urban Churches Minister with the United Reformed Church’s Urban Churches Support […]
An exhibition of non-conformist portraits was held at The Basement at Bunyan. A video presentation of the exhibition is available.
