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The The Tell Scotland Movement (1953-1966) was the most extensive and ambitious attempt at outreach by the protestant Churches in Scotland in the twentieth century. At the time, together with its associated All-Scotland Crusade, led by Dr Billy Graham, it generated considerable energies, publicity and controversy. In 1964 Tell Scotland became a founding part of the Scottish Churches Council, within the ecumenical movement. Commentators since have had varied views about the extents to which Tell Scotland succeeded or failed.〔P. T. Bisset, "Tell Scotland (1952-1965)" in ; Frank D. Bardgett (2008) "The Tell Scotland Movement: failure and success" in ''Records of the Scottish Church History Society'' vol. XXXVIII, pp.105-149.〕 ==Background== The Union in 1929 of the established Church in Scotland with the United Free Church of Scotland to create the Church of Scotland was viewed as an opportunity to reach what were called “the churchless million” by a more effective and efficient system of parishes.〔 〕 The ''Call to the Church''〔''The Call to the Church: The Book of the Forward Movement of the Church of Scotland'' Edinburgh: The Church of Scotland Offices 1931.〕 of the Forward Movement of 1930-31, however, struggled for attention during the Great Depression.〔S.J. Brown, "Forward Movement, Scottish" in 〕 Rev. George MacLeod argued during the inter-war years "Are not the churchless mission partly the Church's fault"〔MacLeod, George F. (1936) ''Are Not The Churchless Million Partly The Church's Fault?'' Edinburgh: The Church of Scotland Publication Committee, a pamphlet reprinting three articles previously published in ''Life & Work'' January 1936, pp.5-7, February 1936, pp.51-53 and March 1936, pp.94-97.〕 and sought to address this by better connections between congregations and their immediate areas, by organizing ministers in teams, and by demonstrating concern for wider society. A "mission of friendship" in his Govan Old Parish Church brought in impressive numbers of new worshippers. The Iona Community was born out of MacLeod's pastoral experience and missionary concerns. 1937-39 saw the Scottish churches collaborate in their own version of the "Recall to Religion" first promoted by archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Gordon Lang who commended the way the "Recall" was taken up in Scotland.〔 accessed via news.google.com, 04.09.14.〕 George MacLeod was one of twelve Ministerial Evangelists acknowledged by the General Assembly of 1938 to support the Recall.〔Bardgett, Frank (2010) ''Scotland's Evangelist D.P. Thomson''. Haddington: The Handsel Press pp.152-157, 159.〕 By 1939 it was possible to speak of a socially-aware "new evangelism" being practiced: "The development has been away from the large meeting and toward more intensive work among people in their homes and places of work," and on a more cooperative basis between denominations.〔Secretariat for Evangelism (1954) ''Ecumenical Studies: Evangelism in Scotland'' Geneva: The World Council of Churches p.31.〕 This emphasis on congregationally-centred outreach, enabling the mission of the laity, was affirmed during the Second World War by the "Baillie Commission", the Church of Scotland's General Assembly's "Commission for the Interpretation of God's Will in the Present Crisis," convened by the Very Rev. Prof. John Baillie, which reported to the Assembly 1941 to 1945.〔John Baillie, 'Preface' (1945) ''God's Will for Church and Nation'' London: SCM Press, pp.7-8;Secretariat for Evangelism (1954) ''Ecumenical Studies: Evangelism in Scotland'' Geneva: The World Council of Churches p.55.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tell Scotland Movement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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