The Sunday School Union was a British ecumenical organisation devoted to promoting
Sunday school
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A Sunday school, sometimes known as a Sabbath school, is an educational institution, usually Christianity, Christian in character and intended for children or neophytes.
Sunday school classes usually precede a Sunday church service and are u ...
s in Britain and abroad.
History
The Sunday School Union had been set up on 13 July 1803 "to encourage teachers to communicate with each other, improve methods, and support the opening of new schools".
[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. 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)".
The address of the Sunday School Union in the early years of the 20th century was 57 and 59 Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. The office of the National Sunday School Union was located at the same address in the late 1920s. In 1964 the latter organisation became the National Christian Education Council which in 2002 combined with the Christian Education Movement to form Christian Education.
The Canadian branch (the Sunday School Union Society of Canada) was established in Montreal in 1822.
Book series published by Sunday School Union
* Daring Deeds Library
[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.
* Endeavour Library Series
* Gift Books for Girls and Boys
* Great Biographies
* Green Nursery Series
[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.
* Heroines Library
* Little Dot Series
* Red Nursery Series
* Splendid Lives Series
[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.
* Toy Books
* Tracts for Teachers
* Wonderful Shilling Library
* Youth's Own Library
See also
*
InFaith - formerly American Sunday School Union (ASSU) and the American Missionary Fellowship
*
Sunday School Society
The Sunday School Society was a British association of Sunday schools.
History
It was founded by Baptist deacon William Fox on 7 September 1785 in Prescott Street Baptist Church of London. The latter had been touched by articles by the editor ...
*
Deseret Sunday School Union
References
External links
London Sunday-School Unionon curiosmith.com
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1803 establishments in England
Defunct organisations based in England
Christian ecumenical organizations
Sunday schools