Spring Harvest
Spring Harvest is an inter-denominational evangelical conference and gathering in the United Kingdom that started in 1979. The festival arose in the late 1970s at a time when evangelicalism was growing in the UK and there was uncertainty as to how that movement would relate with Church of England and evangelicals within it; the event, among few others at the time, welcomed all evangelical Christians, including people within and outside the charismatic movement. Hylson-Smith comments that non-denominational activities such as Spring Harvest did much to encourage pan-evangelicalism which tended to minimise historical differences between denominations Its stated aims are to "equip the Church for action" through a range of events, conferences, books and resources. The tone is evangelical with modern worship music, workshops and seminars.
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| Founded | 1979 |
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| Type | Charitable organisation, company limited by guarantee, nonprofit |
| Headquarters | Uckfield, East Sussex |
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Region served | United Kingdom |
CEO | Phil Loose |
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| Revenue |  £4,819,854 (2016)[1] |
| Employees | 28 (2022) |
| Website | springharvest.org |
Spring Harvest is an inter-denominational evangelical conference and gathering in the United Kingdom that started in 1979.[2]: 245
The festival arose in the late 1970s at a time when evangelicalism was growing in the UK and there was uncertainty as to how that movement would relate with Church of England and evangelicals within it; the event, among few others at the time, welcomed all evangelical Christians,[3]: 292–293 including people within and outside the charismatic movement.[2]: 245 Hylson-Smith comments that non-denominational activities such as Spring Harvest did much to encourage pan-evangelicalism which tended to minimise historical differences between denominations[2]: 247
Its stated aims are to "equip the Church for action" through a range of events, conferences, books and resources. The tone is evangelical with modern worship music, workshops and seminars.
History
[edit]The event was first held in 1979 for one week at Prestatyn, North Wales.[citation needed] In 1986, the event moved to Butlins Minehead, and in 1987, it moved to Skegness. Total cumulative attendance passed the 50,000 mark in 1988. The following year, it was also held at Butlin's Ayr, Scotland.[4] By 2010 the event had been reduced by a week from the previous year, and the 2011 attendance was approximately 28,000 people.[5] From 2012, there were three Minehead weeks and one Skegness week. From 2014 to 2017, the events continued to reduce in length. In 2018 Harrogate Convention Centre was first used as a venue.[6]
Worship music production and media coverage
[edit]Recordings of parts of the event sometimes appears on British TV such as the BBC programme Songs of Praise. In most years up to 2020, CDs of the associated songs are published.[7] In 2022, this moved to Spotify.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Essential Christian Financial Statements y/e 2016-11-30" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Bebbington, David (1992). Evangelicalism in modern Britain : a history from the 1730s to the 1980s (Baker Book House ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House. ISBN 978-0801010286.
- ^ Hylson-Smith, Kenneth (1989). Evangelicals in the Church of England : 1734-1984. Edinburgh: T.&T. Clark. ISBN 978-0567291615.
- ^ "Hymnology". hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Memralife Group Financial Statements (to 30 November 2011)".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Together, SJSL (31 January 2020). "Spring Harvest is back in Harrogate in April". SJSLTogether. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "More hit by holiday camp virus". BBC News. 17 April 2003. Archived from the original on 11 April 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2009.