Church Society

Church Society
Predecessor
Formation1950
TypeEvangelical Anglican charity
HeadquartersDean Wace House, Watford, England
Key people
J. C. Ryle, William Griffith Thomas, Philip Edgcumbe Hughes, Gerald Bray, Wallace Benn
Websitewww.churchsociety.org

Church Society is a conservative, evangelical Anglican organisation and registered charity[1] formed in 1950 by the merger of the Anglican Church Association (founded 1865) and National Church League (founded 1906 by amalgamation of two earlier bodies).[2][3][4] In May 2018, Church Society merged with two other evangelical Anglican organisations, Reform and the Fellowship of Word and Spirit to provide a united voice for conservative evangelicals within the Church of England.[5]

The journal of Church Society is The Global Anglican, formerly Churchman (established 1879[6]). Editors have included Henry Wace, Philip Edgecumbe Hughes and Gerald Bray. The current editor is Peter Jensen.[7]

Anglicans associated with the society include J. C. Ryle, J. T. Tomlinson, W. H. Griffith-Thomas, Henry Wace, William Joynson-Hicks (Home Secretary), Geoffrey Bromiley, Philip Edgecumbe Hughes, J. I. Packer, Alan Stibbs, John Stott, Alec Motyer, Wallace Benn, and Rod Thomas.

  1. ^ Church Society Charity Commission entry
  2. ^ Lambeth Palace Library website entry[usurped]
  3. ^ The central records of the Church of England: a report and survey ed. C. J. Kitching, Church of England, Pilgrim Trust (Great Britain) - 1976 - "1950 by merger of Church Association (f. 1865) and National Church League (f. 1906). NCL was an amalgamation of National Protestant Church Union (f. 1893) and Church of England League (f. 1904, formerly Ladies' League 1899)."
  4. ^ Church Society: Our Story
  5. ^ A united Church Society annual meeting
  6. ^ Churchman archive
  7. ^ A New Editor for Churchman