Commission of the Churches on International Friendship & Social Responsibility (CCIFSR)

This material is held atLambeth Palace Library

Scope and Content

Includes records generated by the Commission’s foundation and its operational activities. Also includes meeting papers.

Administrative / Biographical History

In 1939 the British Christian Council for International Friendship, Life and Work (BCCIFLW) and the [English] Christian Social Council (CSC) amalgamated to form the CCIFSR.

In 1942 the CCIFSR and the Council on Christian Faith and Common Life (CCFCL) amalgamated to form a single body, namely the British Council of Churches (BCC).

Arrangement

Arranged into four series

CCIFSR/2/1 minutes re setting up of

CCIFSR/2/2 minutes of

CCIFSR/2/3 minutes of executive committee

CCIFSR/7/1 operational files

Access Information

Open

Appraisal Information

Material to be kept permanently

Accruals

No further accruals expected

Bibliography

Thirty Years of the British Council of Churches by Ernest A Payne