Includes records of the Committee meetings.
British Committee of the Universal Christian Council of Life and Work (BCUCCLW) & Christian Social Council of Great Britain and Ireland
This material is held atLambeth Palace Library
- Reference
- GB 109 BCUCCLW
- Dates of Creation
- 1925-1935
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 files
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
he Universal Christian Council was founded in Stockholm in 1925 at an inter-church conference. The committee originally a continuation committee of the Stockholm Conference (re. a reunion of Stockholm delegates), then it broadened out into a British section of Life and Work and in c. 1930 was restructured into a body known as the Christian Social Council of Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1935 it amalgamated with the World Alliance for International Friendship (through the churches) (British Section) (WAIF) to become the British Christian Council for International Friendship, Life & Work (BCCIFLW).
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Open
Appraisal Information
Material to be kept permanently
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No further accruals expected
Bibliography
Thirty Years of the British Council of Churches 1942-1972 by Ernest A Payne.