Keswick Convention
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| Founded | 1875 |
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| Founder | Rev T D Harford-Battersby, Robert Wilson |
| Type | Registered as a British charity and a private company, limited by guarantee with no share capital |
| Focus | To promote Bible teaching at an annual Convention in Keswick and on other occasions with the aim of encouraging holy and Biblical life styles. |
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54°36′03″N 3°07′44″W / 54.600833°N 3.128889°W (Convention Centre, Skiddaw St) 54°36′10″N 3°08′27″W / 54.6028727°N 3.1407246°W (Rawnsley Centre) |
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Area served
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UK |
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Key people
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John Risbridger (Chairman) Jonathan Lamb (CEO) Simon Overend (Ops Manager) Steve Adam (Hon Treasurer) |
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Revenue
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 £ 2,052,152 (2015) |
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Employees
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12 |
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Volunteers
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600 (during Convention weeks) |
| Slogan | Hearing - Becoming - Serving |
| Website | www.keswickministries.org.uk |
The Keswick Convention is an annual gathering of evangelical Christians in Keswick, in the English county of Cumbria.
The Keswick Convention began in 1875 as a focal point for the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom. It was founded by an Anglican, Canon T. D. Harford-Battersby, and a Quaker, Robert Wilson. They held the first Keswick Convention in a tent on the lawn of St John's vicarage, Keswick, beginning with a prayer meeting on the evening of Monday, 28 June. During the conference—which continued till Friday morning—over 400 people attended uniting under the banner of "All One in Christ Jesus"—which is still the convention's watchword.
Robert Pearsall Smith, a Quaker turned Plymouth Brethren probably influenced the Convention's use of the American term "convention", rather than the British "conference". During the same time period, D. L. Moody—the New England evangelist—also employed the same term to denote a special Christian gathering.
Among the Keswick Convention's early notable speakers were the Anglicans J. W. Webb-Peploe, Evan Henry Hopkins, E. W. Moore, William Haslam, W. Hay, M. H. Aitken and Handley Moule, as well as the South-African reformed pastor Andrew Murray and a Baptist, Frederick Brotherton Meyer. The founder of the China Inland Mission, Hudson Taylor, also spoke; and in response Amy Carmichael decided to dedicate her life to missions.
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