Evangelical group marks 75 years

Ros Clarke  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  30 Jun 2025
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Cornelia Guest, Baroness Wimborne (1847-1927) founded the Ladies’ League, one of the organisations from which Church Society eventually emerged

Anglican evangelical group Church Society is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its formation from the amalgamation of two organisations with their roots in the 19th century: the Church Association and the National Church League.

In June 1950 these two groups came together, recognising their shared aims and the value of a united front. Since then, Church Society has continued to contend for the Church of England to be renewed and reformed in Biblical faith, following in the footsteps of men like J. C. Ryle and William Griffith-Thomas – as well as a number of redoubtable ladies!

Did you know that one of Winston Churchill’s aunts was a significant figure in their history? Or that at one time the President of the National Church League was also the Home Secretary? Perhaps you knew that both CYFA and Pathfinders were originally founded by Church Society before passing into the very capable hands of CPAS.

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