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REPRESENTING THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF 2X2 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET
The Life & Ministry of William Irvine
CHAPTERS
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Chapter Index
Sources of Information
Impartial Reporter & Farmers Journal Newspaper
1863: Birth of William Irvine
Irvine Family Tree
1868-75: Education - Kilsyth Academy
1873-93: Employment Record
1886-87: Birth of Archibald Grassam Irvine, William Irvine's Son
1886-87: Death of Margaret and Elizabeth Irvine, Sisters of William Irvine
1893: Presbyterian Upbringing of William Irvine
Chapter 2
1893-1895
William Irvine Professes
1893: William Irvine "Began To Serve The Lord"
1893: Revival by Rev. John McNeill at Motherwell
Town Hall
1893: Bible Training Institute
Chapter 3
1895 - 1901
The Faith Mission Connection
1895: William Irvine's Call to Service
1895, June 14: William Irvine Joins THE FAITH MISSION
1895 - 1901: William Irvine's Tenure with THE FAITH MISSION
1896: William Irvine Sent to North Ireland
1897: FIRST PERSON TO PROFESS - Dora Holland
Bright Words
Annual Worker List
Nomenclature
Books about Faith Mission
Faith Mission Bookshops
Articles From Bright Words
Cult Education at Faith Mission Bible College
Chapter 4
1897 - 1901
The FIRST Missions – Organization of the Movement – The New Sect
Section 4.0: The BEGINNING of the REVIVAL!
Who was JOHN LONG??
1897: August - 1st NENAGH Mission, County Tipperary, Ireland
1897: October - RATHMOLYON Mission, County Meath, Ireland
The Carroll Family
Section 4.1: The Matthew 10 Bible Study
1898: More Missions in County Tipperary, Ireland
1898: The Historic Matthew 10 Bible Study at Kilkee
EDWARD COONEY meets Wm Irvine
1898: Irvine appointed Faith Mission Superintendent of S. Ireland
Section 4.1B: 1899 Bicycle Trip to Scotland
1899: John Long Begins Preaching on Faith Lines
No Collections
Building Wooden Halls
John Long's Companions
1899: October - Bicycle Expedition to Scotland
Section 4.1C: 1899 Irish Conventions
Keswick Convention
Faith Mission Conventions
1899-1903 Ireland Conventions
Rathmolyon is Devastated - White Mice
The Gill Family & Ashmount
Section 4.2A: Irvine Leaves the Faith Mission
Todd's Mission in Ireland
Walter Duff's Mission in Ireland
Parting Ways with the Faith Mission
Section 4.2B: What Did Wm Irvine Believe and Teach?
Irvine's Methods
Doctrine
What was the Same?
What was Different?
Section 4.3A: First Full-Time Workers
1899: FIRST Full-Time Workers
1899: Who was GEORGE WALKER?
The Way They Were - In the Beginning
1900, 1901 & 1903
Section 4.3B:
Irvine Assumes Leadership
The Year 1900
Todd's Mission Disbands
Irvine Assumes Leadership
Why Did Irvine Leave Faith Mission?
The Year 1901
Chapter 4.4
How many Faith Mission workers left with Wm Irvine?
1902 Baptizing and Forming Meetings
1903 Inaugural Rathmolyon Convention - Vow of Celibacy
How Did Irvine Support his Son?
The Year 1903
Chapter 4.5
When was the physical 2x 2 ministry started?
What event was the catalyst or starting point?
Chapter 4.6
Who Started the 2x2 Ministry & Church?
Who was the Founder?
Chapter 5
1901
Edward Cooney and The Cooneyites
Who Was Edward Cooney?
Edward Cooney’s Testimony
The Historic Lurgan Meeting
Chapter 6
1902 - 1906
The FIRST Workers, Saints, Conventions, Church Meetings, Baptisms
Conditions in Ireland at the Turn of the 20th Century
Alfred Magowan - The Great Experiment
1902: FIRST Churches in the Home
FIRST Baptisms
1903: Rathmolyon Convention - Vow of Celibacy Taken. Married Workers
1903: FIRST Pioneer Workers to America
1903: FIRST To Profess in the USA
1904: SECOND Group of Workers Leave for America
1904-05: FIRST Workers to go to Canada, Australia, New Zealand & Africa
1904: FIRST Crocknacrieve Convention.
1906: San Francisco Earthquake
1907: Workers Accused of White Slave Traffic
Chapter 7
1904
The ONLY Way - The Living Witness Doctrine
It Wasn’t Always So…
What Caused their Outlook to Change?
What is the Living Witness Doctrine?
Joe Kerr
Teaching the Living Witness Doctrine Becomes Mandatory
1907, John Long is Excomunicated
How Shall They Hear Without a Preacher?
Results of the Living Witness Doctrine
Do They Still Believe it is the ONLY WAY??
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Chapter 8
1900 - 1906
What were the Early Days like???
The FIRST Days and Years
The Workers Who Volunteered
Their Mission
Their Name
Their Outlook, Preaching & Teaching
Their Dress
Their Methods
The Restoration Ideal
The Leader & Ruler, William Irvine
How Well Did Irvine's Method Work?
Chapter 9
1905
1905 Workers List
…About the 200+ Workers on the 1905 Workers List
Chapter 10
1906-1913
FIRST Conventions Around The World
Irvine’s Annual Convention Tours
1906: FIRST Conventions Held in NORTH AMERICA
1907-08: FIRST Workers to Die
1907: FIRST New Zealand Convention - Christchurch NZ
1908: FIRST Convention on Australian soil - Northcote, NSW
1909: FIRST Debenham, England Conv. (Oldest Conv. in World)
1910: Bethel Mission In South Australia
1910: W. C. Trimble Publishes Pamphlet: Do They Walk the "Jesus Way"?
1913: John Irvine Dies
1913: Court Cases
1913: Crocknacrieve Conv. Photos
Chapter 11
The Founder is Rejected - The Kingdom Divides
Events of 1914 - 1919
World War I
William Irvine's Growing Discontent
The Workers’ Growing Discontent
The Founder is Rejected - The Scandal
1914 - Stepping Down
The Living Witness Doctrine
Ed Cooney's Renunciation
The Workers Regroup
The Impossible Questions
Who Would Take Irvine's Place?
The Workers Take Charge
Hiding the Founder -The Cover-Up
Ask a Worker: Who Was William Irvine?
Chapter 12
Life Goes on for the Rejected Founder
1914-1918
The Omega Message
The Reason William Irvine Was Demoted
1918 - Revelation Opens Up - Alpha Gospel Finished - Omega Message Begins
The Final Rejection of William Irvine
OH, Jerusalem!
Arrival in Jerusalem
Loyal Friends
Irvine’s Letters
Who Were Willie and Rose Edwards??
Chapter 13
The 2x2 Group Continues - 1914 & After
1914 - The Aftermath
1914 - A Name is Chosen in The U.K. – “The Testimony of Jesus”
1914 - Edward Cooney's Renunciation
1915 & 1916 - Crocknacrieve Annual Conventions
1918 – The FIRST Official Split
1914 - The Workers Take Charge
HIDING William Irvine
ASK A WORKER: Who was William Irvine?
1920 - Last Convention Held at Crocknacrieve
1921 - Staffordshire's Workers Convention
1917-20: Princess Victoria Professes
1922-23 and 1926-27 Workers List for North America
1929: “The Cooneyites Or Go-Preachers & Their Doctrine” published
Jack Carroll & George Walker Feud - W. Hanney Meeting & Statement-July, 1930
Chapter 15
Division of 1928
Ex-Communication of Ed Cooney
The SECOND Split
1921 Staffordshire
Workers' Convention
How Cooney Differed...
The Lurgan Historic Meeting - October 12, 1928
Wilson Reid's Letter - December 13, 1928
THE DIVISION OF 1928
The Outcasts
Cooney Continues Alone
Irvine Weir Excommunicated
August Gustafson - A New Companion
1960 - Edward Cooney Dies
Chapter 16
How the Gospel Came to South Africa
How the Gospel Came to Africa
The Rebellion of the Black and Colored 2x2s in South Africa
1966 - Demetrius Tsafendas Assassinates South African Prime Minister Verwoerd
Chapter 17
Black & Colored 2x2s
"If we have respect to persons, we commit sin," James 2:9
Black Statistics
Black Meetings
Black Conventions
Black Workers
Black Friends
How Many Meetings Are Really In New York City?
States With Large Numbers Of Minorities
Other Countries
Black History in the USA
Leading Up to the 20th Century
The Civil War
When the Workers Came to America
Civil Rights Acts of 1964 - Conditions Finally Change
Other North American Special Conventions
Caribbean Islands or West Indies
Photo Gallery
of Black Workers
Chapter 18
The Black Stocking Era
The Dark Ages
The Black Stocking Rebellion
Why Did They Wear Black Stockings?
The Black Stocking Church
The Invention Of Nylon
Differences of Administration
“The Change”
The Black Plague Lifts
Will History Repeat Itself Soon??
George Walkers Letter re Black Stockings
PHOTO GALLERY
- View Black Stockings
Chapter 19
2x2 Hymns & Hymnbooks
Who Wrote the Hymns the 2x2s Sing
2x2 Hymn History
Editions of HYMNS OLD & NEW
R. L. Allan & Sons, Publishers
The Revision Process
Notable Changes, Omissions, Hymn Accompaniments
When were the FIRST Hymnbooks in the World Printed?
Faith Mission Hymnbook
About the Hymn Authors-Workers & Friends
Hymns Written by Edward Cooney
The Oldest Hymn Authors
What do all the following hymns have in common???
About the Hymn Authors-Outsiders
About Hymn Authors - Life Stories
Photo Gallery Hymn Section
Chapter 20
Wars & Conscientious Objection
Military Service - The Draft - Conscription
The Price of Conscience
Taking an Official Name
Conscientious Objectors
USA & World War I
USA & World War II
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
Why are the 2x2s Pacifist?
Chapter 21
The End and Beginning - The New Thing
The End of Alpha Days and the Testimony
The Beginning of the New Thing - Omega Days Begin
Titles & Roles William Irvine claimed
Reception of his Omega Message (The Hearers)
The Test for Salvation
Day of Wrath Begins
Comments by Irvine about his Calling and Roles
Beginner Book of
Letters by William Irvine
Chapter 22
Events of 1938 - 1950's
Life As Experienced By Followers Of The Omega Message
While William Irvine Was Alive
Collection of Letters
by William Irvine
Life of the Omega Message Followers while William Irvine was alive
1936: Visit from John Hardie
1938: Visit To William Irvine By Ed Cooney, Alfred Magowan & R. Irwin
1937-38: Visit to William Irvine by George Linn and Percy Abbott
1940-41: Irvine Diagnosed With Cancer
1943: Willie Edwards' Downfall
1947: Death of William Irvine
1952: Death of Archie and wife Mary Irvine, son of William Irvine
Chapter 23
Comparison of the Three Factions
Founded by William Irvine
(1) The 2x2s (The Testimony, Christian Conventions)
(2) The William Irvine Omega Message and Followers
(3) The Edward Cooney Followers
Characteristics
Policies & Procedures
Government & Organization
What They Believe
Their Founder and History
How the 2x2s Differ From Orthodox Christian Beliefs
Chapter 24
Australia
The Australian State Elders
1955: The Victorian Controversy
November 13, 1953 - William (Bill) Carroll dies
1954 Guildford Meeting & Report
Chapter 25
1954
Doug Parker begins his investigation...
Irvine Weir
Earl & Mae Hammond
Edgar & Olga Hawkins
Willie Clelland
Ralph Derkland
Ted And Kay Arvig
Rittenhouse & Sweetland
Ron Campbell
Other Outcasts
Chapter 26
1954 - 1979
1954: "A Spiritual Fraud Exposed" is printed
The THIRD Exodus – the Aftermath of "A Spiritual Fraud Exposed"
Morris & Darla Holt
Virgil Simpson
James Young
McHenrys, Rupert, Claude & Glen
1956: Testimony of a Witness for the Defence by Alfred Magowan
1958: Religion Analysis Service, Inc. - First Article about 2x2s
1960: Edward Cooney Dies
Chapter 27
1980 to 1995
Doug Parker
1982: The Secret Sect is published
1983, June - Public Debut of The Secret Sect
Reactions to The Secret Sect - Is it True?
1990: New Books published
1990: The FOURTH Exodus
1996: Discovery of the Incorporation of the 2x2 Church in Alberta, Canada
Details that Disturbed the Friends
1997:- Impromptu Meeting with the Workers at Carlos Propp's Home
Dorey-Steingard Child Custody Case 1997 - 1999
1999: The First Ex-communications - Sequence of Events
Purging Precedents – Alberta wasn't the first…
