I recently read an article entitled “Thomas Chalmers and the Communal Ideal in Victorian Scotland” (1992) by Stewart J. Brown, a recognized Chalmers scholar. In it, he traces the development of the territorial mission program from Chalmers into the Free Church and, even somewhat surprisingly, back in the established Church in the late 1800s.
Brown makes [...]
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The retreat of the gathered church
Posted in Gathered church ecclesiology, Parish Theory & Practice on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chalmers’ praise for Bridges as parish minister
Posted in Charles Bridges, Thomas Chalmers on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When recently reading Iain Murray’s Scottish Christian Heritage, I caught an interesting aside about Chalmers’ regard for Charles Bridges, the author of the classic The Christian Ministry (1829). It should not be surprising, I suppose, not only because they were contemporaries, but also because they were establishmentarians who both believed in and practiced the territorial [...]
