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Who we are

The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust was founded in 1872 to create a memorial to those Christian ministers who were forced out of their positions in the Church of England following the Act of Uniformity in 1662. The fund established by the Trust was used to create the Congregational Library and encourage and assist Biblical studies. Since 1872 the Library has occupied a number of sites in London and until recently was lodged with Dr Williams’s Library in Gordon Square, London, who managed the Congregational Library collections on behalf of the Trust. A search for a new home for our collections continues.

Welcome to our website. We hope you’ll find it useful, inspiring and informative. If you have any questions, please contact us.

News

Congregational Lecture 2021 – John Campbell

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 […]

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Portrait Exhibition

An exhibition of non-conformist portraits was held at The Basement at Bunyan. A video presentation of the exhibition is available.

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First ever online Congregational Lecture

The first ever online Congregational Lecture was delivered by Professor Jane Shaw of Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, on Thursday 28th January. The early 20th century saw a revival of interest in mysticism, and an accompanying growth of retreats and prayer groups. The lecture considered the impact of nonconformists on the revival of mysicism, […]

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Looking after your church history

 

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More about the Reformation and Non-conformity

The way that Non-conformity grew out of the Reformation and influenced more than three hundred years of British and global history is often hidden from the national narrative.

From John Owen, born in 1616, who lived through the turbulent years of the Civil War, to the great non-conformists of the 19th century, who ministered when dissent from the Established Church was itself a bar to education and public office, and into the early 20th century, with its terrible wars and upheavals, they shaped the world in which we live now. Read more

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About Us

The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust (1978) Limited
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Registered Company Number: 01389165
Registered Charity Number: 260601
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