Mission movement

Question 1

What are key figures and issues in 18th C Mission Movement? (part 1)

Answer 1

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Founding of SSPCK (Scottish society for proliferation of Christian Knowledge)
 Looking to reach the Highlands
 Plant Schools in these areas, so we can read Bible
 ‘instruct the people in the Xn reformed protestant religion
 Continue stream of reformed tradition in Geneva
 1730 – it expanded and supported missionaries to NA Native American Indians.
 Sent John MacLeod to minister to native speakers in Georgia.

Question 2

What are key figures and issues in 18th C Mission Movement? (part 2)

Answer 2

Haldains
 2 brothers from well known Gleneagles family
 Baptists
 Preaching centres established
 Circus in Edinburgh – became known as Tabernacles
 1799 – work as members of established Kirk. They were lay preachers and teachers and the denegrated established church.
 1800 Kirk condemned them.
 Both moved to a Credo position and were baptised by emersion. But there were disagreements and it collapsed.

Question 3

3What are key figures and issues in 18th C Mission Movement? (part 3)

Answer 3

Andrew Fuller (1784 – 1815)
 Major player in Baptist circes.
 First sec. of Baptist missionary society
 Had 2 charges in England
 Visited Scotland on 5 occassions, friend of Thomas Chalmers.

Question 4

What are key figures and issues in 18th C Mission Movement? (part 4)

Answer 4

4) John Erskine
 Leader of evangelical party in Kirk.
 He said that many who professed Xnity weren’t really Xn at all.
 They said they had faith, but that they didn’t have saving faith.
 His treatise / dissertation on Nature of Xn Faith was most significant wortk of an Evan in later half of 18th C – according to Mackintosh.
* He asks what is faith?
* From this point onwards, preachers preached evangelistically – for conversion
 Best known for speech to GA in 1796 – a motion was brought by Evan for Kirk to think about best methods for sharing gospel across the world.
 Wanted to authorize a collection for missions. So there’s opposition from the Moderates. They argued that the heathan needed to become polished and refined before they could be enlightened in religious truths.
 And Erskine stood up and said, ‘Give me the Bible’
 Argued from Acts 28 – that the people the missionary societies want to go to is where Paul went.
 He loses the vote, but it’s a turning point. But Duff, Paton and others are raised up after this.