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The Baptist Union was founded by 45 Particular Baptist churches in 1813 in London. [1] In 1832, it was reorganized to include the New Connection General Baptist Association (General Baptist churches) as a partner. [2]
Edinburgh University Students' Association is the oldest students' union in the United Kingdom and Liverpool Guild of Students is England's oldest students' union. [2] The University of Glasgow has two independent students' unions , although undergraduates usually only join one of these (but can choose to join both).
In addition to the approximately 170 congregations that are affiliated with the General Assembly, there are also groups within it. Some of these represent interests (history, music, international development, etc.), while others are of religious beliefs, most notably the Unitarian Christian Association and the Unitarian Earth Spirit Network.
The Baptist World Alliance was founded in London, during this first Baptist World Congress in July 1905. Every five years since, the BWA holds a Baptist World Congress in different locations around the world, and multiple international meeting and programs are held in the times between Congresses. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Its stated aims are to "serve the churches of the four nations on their shared journey towards full visible unity in Christ" and works in areas of Faith and Order, Mission, Inter Faith, Church and Society, Racial Justice, International Affairs and International Students.
Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF; also UCCF: The Christian Unions) is an evangelical Christian student movement with affiliate groups on university campuses in the United Kingdom. It is a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. The UCCF endorses a conservative evangelical form of Christian theology.
The Union is a member of both the Free Churches Council and the Evangelical Alliance, and most of its churches are members of local geographic associations of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. Its government structure is somewhat of a combination of congregational and presbyteral , involving in each church the appointment of elders.
David Syme Russell CBE (21 November 1916 – 8 November 2010) was a British theologian and author, former Principal of Rawdon College, Leeds, and General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain.