Librarian Required for the Congregational Library

The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust is seeking a part time Librarian to manage and develop the Congregational Library which has recently relocated from London to Westminster College,  Cambridge. The job advertisement, job description and other documents and information can be downloaded here. Job Advertisement Job Description Person Specification Background Equality and diversity monitoring form

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2024 Congregational Lecture

The 2024 Congregational lecture took place at Westminster College, Cambridge on Thursday 21 November 2024. Professor Alexandra Walsham spoke 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 of one’s elect status […]

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A new home for the Congregational Library

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 […]

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Preserving the History of British Congregationalism: Dr Williams’s Library and the Congregational Library, London

Preserving the History of British Congregationalism: Dr Williams’s Library and the Congregational Library, London A talk by Alan Argent and David Powell An event organised by The Congregational Library and Archives, Boston USA on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 The founders of the Congregational Library in Boston in 1853 drew inspiration not only from the creation […]

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2023 Congregational Lecture

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 […]

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George Whitefield and Nonconformity

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 […]

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The London Missionary Society and David Bogue

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 […]

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Temporary Reading Room

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. Update February 2025: The Congregational Library is moving to Westminster College, Cambridge, where it now has a […]

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