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Lovedale’s Children: Blythswood, Livingstonia and Others

Of his latest post, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh writes “Last week I wrote about how Scottish Christians pioneered Lovedale as a model for southern Africa. Today, I briefly look at the other mission bases which sprang out of this model, especially Blythswood and Livingstonia.“ Livingstonia College, Jwhyte82 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia…

Ministry Matters

Ministry Matters

I am today beginning a new major series of posts on a subject that is of immense importance to the Church and one which occupies a great deal of my own time, energy and thoughts. It is a topic that is commonly called Pastoral Theology. My plan is that each Friday I will post an…

This Day in HIS-story: January 24

1672 HT: Christian History Institute Richard Baxter was an English Puritan author, pastor, theologian, and controversialist. He gained a national reputation when revival broke out under his ministry at Kidderminster. England was fractured into many religious and political factions and he advocated peace, saying “In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.”…

This Day in HIS-story: January 22

1793 HT: Christian History Institute FOR TWENTY YEARS, John Berridge was known as “the old devil” by the clergymen around Everton (a district of Liverpool in England). They grumbled against him because he preached to the people of their parishes—souls they had neglected. Not only that, but he used illustrations they considered in bad taste,…