The following Annual Workers Lists were typed from copies of Bright Words provided by Faith Mission. Names or text shown in bold or red print are (1) names of those who later became 2x2/Cooneyite workers or (2) pertains to the 2x2s or Cooneyite sect. See Chapter 4 for information about Mr. & Mrs. R. R. Todd (shown in blue)

Faith Mission's annual Worker List was called the "Staff of Workers," and it gave two details about each worker:  (1) the workers name, and (2) the date they entered the work.  The Workers names appeared on their Workers List in order by the year they entered the service of the Faith Mission.  In other words, the founder was listed first (Mr. J. G. Govan - 1886).  After Mr. Govan, the workers were listed in order by seniority.  It is notable that on the list there were married worker couples and also sister workers. The sister workers' names are italicized.

Can it be mere coincidence that this identical format fort he Faith Mission "Staff of Workers" was used for the 1905 Workers List, the first and earliest workers list that has been discovered to date??  The names of the founder, William Irvine and former Faith Mission worker John Kelly are the first two names with "18--" shown for the date they became workers. 

Chapter 3 discusses in detail the period of time Wm Irvine was in the service of the Faith Mission. It also reports on the involvement of Todd's Mission, a former Faith Mission worker. Wm. Irvine left the Faith Mission in 1901, according to their records. Only John Kelly joined Irvine shortly after he left Faith Mission. Four workers joined Irvine during the next 2-6 years (McNeary, Burns, Carroll, Mrs. E. Pendreigh-Betty). The Todds never joined Irvine’s movement.

SUMMARY: One worker left with Irvine and four other workers from Faith Mission joined Irvine’s movement over the next six years (approx).

TEN YEARS
OF
FAITH MISSION

ANNUAL STAFF OF WORKERS LISTS

1895 through 1905

1895 - NINTH ANNUAL REPORT 

1896 - TENTH ANNUAL REPORT

1897 - ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

1898 - TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT

1899 - THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

1900 - FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

VIEW PHOTO OF:  FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT


1901 - FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

1902 - SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

1903 - SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

1904 - EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

1905 - NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

November 15, 1895, p. 267
Bright Words

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT

During the year we have lost several workers from various causes, and have been glad to receive a number of new ones.  I think there is a larger proportion of Brothers now than since the early days of the Mission.  We give herewith a list of pilgrim and other workers.  Those who are auxiliaries have an asterisk before their names.  Such are with us on trial or temporarily, but are much on the same footing as the pilgrims, our ordinary workers.

The sisters names are in italics.

We have thus a total of forty-five at present enlisted in the Mission, although at times several of these are not out in the work.

EDITORS NOTE: This is the first time Wm Irvine's name is shown on their Workers List - 1895.

We closed our year without any increase in our numbers, chiefly because we have postponed accepting applicants for the work till the training arrangements spoken of below were completed. It will be seen that two of those on the list are working abroad-one in South Africa and the other in North Africa. Pilgrim McAlpine went to Tunisia during the year, is still supported out of the funds of the Mission, and has now gone to the city of Kairouan, where Christian missionaries have hitherto been unknown. The others have all been working in Scotland and Ireland. Five or six speak the Gaelic language, which is necessary for much of our Highland parish.

We would seek ever to realize that we are "workers together with Christ," and that it is only as He is "revealed in" us, and works in and through us by His Holy Spirit, that His work can be done.

...The meetings have varied much in size, from little cottage gatherings to many hundreds crowded into public halls.  Besides the Gospel services, a large number of Christians’ meetings have been held, and then we had special gatherings at the New Year holidays in various places, and helpful Conventions at different times in district centres.

...We will now give A FEW FIGURES of the work of the year. In these various parts of the country there have been held together 140 different missions, varying in length.  The total number of inside meetings is about 6,400, and the aggregate attendance at these some 400,000.  About the same number of meetings has been held as in the previous year; but we are glad that the total attendance has gone up about 60,000, and there is a slight increase on almost all the figures of the year, including the numbers professing conversion.