Keswick Convention

The Keswick Convention is an important gathering of evangelical Christians in Keswick, in the English county of Cumbria.

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Evangelical - Christians - Keswick - English - Cumbria

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The Keswick Convention began in 1875 as a catalyst and focal point for the emerging Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom. It was founded by the Anglican T. D. Hartford-Battersby and the Quaker Robert Wilson. The first Keswick Convention had over four hundred in attendance. They met under the banner of "All One in Christ Jesus".

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1875 - Higher Life movement - United Kingdom - Anglican - Quaker

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Among the Keswick Convention's early leading lights were Anglicans J. W. Webb-Peploe, Evan H. Hopkins, and Handley Moule, as well as the Baptist Frederick Brotherton Meyer. John George Govan, who was to go on to found the Faith Mission in Scotland, was in turn influenced by the Keswick Convention.

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Baptist - Frederick Brotherton Meyer - John George Govan - Faith Mission - Scotland

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