Industrial Mission history

A website for the recording of the history of the Industrial Mission movement

The aim: to promote understanding of Industrial Mission and to learn the lessons it has to teach us.

Objectives:

• To locate and list the archives of Industrial Mission teams and attempt to ensure their safekeeping
• To publish interviews with industrial chaplains
• To encourage history-writing
  

Histories

To see Mike West's summary history of industrial mission, click here

To see a history of the South London Industrial Mission (SLIM), click here

To see 'A Call to Mission Answered: Ted Wickham and the Sheffield Industrial Mission 1944 to 1959', by Philip Bloy, click here

To see '60 years: some views of IM' by David Tonkinson, click here for the Word version, and here for the pdf version. Please note that these are large files so take a little while to download. (There is also additional information about Hugh Lister here).

To see notes on the history of the Churches Industrial Group Birmingham, click here

To see Ivor Clemitson's paper 'Five years as Diocesan Industrial Chaplain in the Diocese of St. Albans 1964-1969', with a commentary by Mike West, click here

To see the history of the Selby Communities and District Industrial Mission, click here

To see the stories of two industrial closures experienced by the Northumbrian Industrial Mission, click here for Caterpillar, and click here for Consett

To see a dissertation by K. M. Youings which includes material on the relationship between industry and Southwark and Chelmsford's Cathedrals, click here

To study Industrial Mission's involvement in corporate responsibility click here for a history of the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility and other documents by Crispin White

Available on Amazon for £9.99 by clicking here

Bridgebuilders: Workplace chaplaincy, a history, by Malcolm Torry, published by Canterbury Press: ISBN 978 1 84825 036 9, £19.99.

Available on Amazon for £16.99 by clicking here, or for the lower price of £15 from: The Rev'd Malcolm Torry, 37 Becquerel Court, West Parkside, London SE10 0QQ. Cheques payable to 'Malcolm Torry'. There is also a special deal for bulk orders: If you buy 9 copies then you receive an extra one free.

An index for the book can be found here