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MMS/Home & General/Minutes/Box 1388
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| Summary: |
Volume labelled 'Centenary Minute Book'. Signed minutes of the Centenary (Executive) Committee, with typed inserts of agendas and summaries of expenditure. Includes minutes of Literature Sub-committee and Home Campaign Sub-committee. Index at rear of volume.
Matters discussed include: formation of committee structure; authorship and then progress of centenary history; publications on the centenary and missionary work; promotion of 'Centenary Movement' in Great Britain and overseas; liaising with other Methodist organisations; use of 'Centenary Fund'; organising promotional events, summer schools and related literature; celebrations around the country and particularly those in London during October 1913.
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| Previous numbers: |
T136
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1 volume
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In June 1907 the General Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society invited the Rev John Telford and the Rev Henry Haigh to 'undertake the preparation of the Centenary History of the Society; also Rev W C Bourne to collect material for the same'. Two years later the Centenary Committee was charged with not only overseeing the production of said history (which they duly tasked to the Rev Dr G G Findlay) but also the whole commemoration of the establishment of the first Methodist missionary societies in Yorkshire in 1813.
In December 1909 the committee agreed on a complex structure. At the top was the Grand Committee which would meet twice a year and report directly to the General Committee of the WMMS whilst the Executive Committee would carry the main administrative burden of the project and report to both the Grand [Centenary] Committee and the General Committee of the WMMS. Below the Executive Committee a number of sub-committees were created and expected to report to it. The Home Campaign Sub-committee organised the work of the 'Centenary Movement' in districts and circuits in Great Britain whilst the Foreign Campaign Sub-committee did the same in overseas missions. The Literature Sub-committee oversaw all literature produced by the 'Centenary Movement' and the Finance Sub-committee reviewed all expenditure as well as recommending how funds raised could be spent.
The organised events of the 'Centenary Movement' culminated with celebrations in London between the 4th and 7th October 1913 held at Westminster Central Hall, Wesley's Chapel and the Royal Albert Hall. A number of publications were also produced through the committee including a few on the centenary itself as well as the missions in India, China and West Africa. Findlay managed to produce a brief history but the planned centenary history was not published until after his death in November 1919. His work was completed by W W Holdsworth and 'The History of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society' was published by Epworth Press in five volumes between 1921 and 1924. |
In June 1907 the General Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society invited the Rev John Telford and the Rev Henry Haigh to 'undertake the preparation of the Centenary History of the Society; also Rev W C Bourne to collect material for the same'. Two years later the Centenary Committee was charged with not only overseeing the production of said history (which they duly tasked to the Rev Dr G G Findlay) but also the whole commemoration of the establishment of the first Methodist missionary societies in Yorkshire in 1813.
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Open
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes |
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English
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Archive
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