The Sunday School Union was a British ecumenical organisation devoted to promoting Sunday schools in Britain and abroad.

History

The Sunday School Union had been set up on 13 July 1803[1] "to encourage teachers to communicate with each other, improve methods, and support the opening of new schools".[2] Over the years local auxiliaries were set up in London and then around the country. These became "local Unions affiliated to the now termed ‘National Sunday School Union’ (NSSU)".[2]

The address of the Sunday School Union in the early years of the 20th century was 57 and 59 Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.[3] The office of the National Sunday School Union was located at the same address in the late 1920s.[4] In 1964 the latter organisation became the National Christian Education Council[5] which in 2002 combined with the Christian Education Movement to form Christian Education.[6][7]

The Canadian branch (the Sunday School Union Society of Canada) was established in Montreal in 1822.[8]

Book series published by Sunday School Union

See also

References

  1. ^ William Henry Watson (1853). The History of the Sunday School Union. The Sunday School Union.
  2. ^ a b Naomi Stanton, "A culture of blame – Sunday school teachers, youth workers and the decline of young people in churches", Crucible: The Christian Journal of Social Ethics, 2014, pp. 3-4. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. ^ W. J. Wintle, The Story of Florence Nightingale: The Heroine of the Crimea, London: The Sunday School Union, 1911 (Splendid Lives Series), title page. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  4. ^ Robert Corkey, Paths to Power in the Religious Education of the Young, London: National Sunday School Union, c. 1928, title page. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ^ Charity overview: National Christian Education Council, charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. ^ Records of the Christian Education Movement, archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  7. ^ Further particulars: From Sunday Schools to Christian Education: The Christian Formation of Contemporary Youth in Historical Perspective, ininet.org. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Sunday Schools | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d e William G. Rutherford, Abraham Lincoln : Plough-boy, Statesman, Patriot, London: Sunday School Union, 1899 (The Splendid Lives Series), publisher's series in final pages. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  10. ^ a b Mrs. Bryson, James Gilmour and John Horden : The Story of Their Lives, London: Sunday School Union, 1895 (The Splendid Lives Series), page 2 of publisher's series. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  11. ^ Mrs. Bryson, James Gilmour and John Horden : The Story of Their Lives, London: Sunday School Union, 1895 (The Splendid Lives Series), page 1 of publisher's series. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

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