“It is easy to separate from the multitude, and to gather distinct churches, and to let the rest sink or swim; and if they will not be saved by public preaching, to let them be damned: but whether this be the most charitable and Christian course, one would think should be no hard question” (Reformed Pastor, p. [...]
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Baxter on gathered churches
Posted in Gathered church ecclesiology, Richard Baxter, Thomas Chalmers on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The retreat of the gathered church
Posted in Gathered church ecclesiology, Parish Theory & Practice on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
