Keswick Convention

Keswick Convention Trust
Founded1875
FounderRev T D Harford-Battersby, Robert Wilson
TypeRegistered as a British charity and a private company, limited by guarantee with no share capital
FocusTo promote Bible teaching at an annual Convention in Keswick and on other occasions with the aim of encouraging holy and Biblical life styles.
Location
Coordinates54°36′03″N 3°07′44″W / 54.600833°N 3.128889°W / 54.600833; -3.128889 (Convention Centre, Skiddaw St)
54°36′10″N 3°08′27″W / 54.6028727°N 3.1407246°W / 54.6028727; -3.1407246 (Rawnsley Centre)
Area served
UK
Key people
John Risbridger (Chairman)[1]
James Robson (Ministry Director)
Jodi Whitehouse (Operations Director)
Steve Adam (Hon Treasurer)
Simon Overend (Secretary)
Revenue
Increase £ 2,461,842 (2016)[2]
Employees12
Volunteers
600 (during Convention weeks)
Websitewww.keswickministries.org.uk

The Keswick Convention is an annual gathering of conservative evangelical Christians in Keswick, in the English county of Cumbria.[3]

The Christian theological tradition of Keswickianism, also known as the Higher Life movement, became popularised through the Keswick Conventions, the first of which was a tent revival in 1875 at St John's Church in Keswick.[4][5]

  1. ^ "News John Risbridger takes over as Keswick Convention Chairman". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ^ Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016, The Keswick Convention Trust, 19 June 2017
  3. ^ Goodhew, David (January 2003). "The rise of the Cambridge inter-collegiate Christian union, 1910-1971". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 54 (1): 62–88. Keswick Convention (a festival of conservative Evangelicalism in the Lake District)
  4. ^ Olson, Roger E. (2005). The SCM Press A-Z of Evangelical Theology. Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. pp. 83–94. ISBN 978-0-334-04011-8.
  5. ^ Combs, Bill (10 February 2020). "Romans 12:1–2 and the Doctrine of Sanctification, Part 2". Sharper Iron. Retrieved 30 September 2020.