Andrew MacBeath
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Andrew G W MacBeath, a Scottish preacher associated with the Keswick Convention
, was younger brother of John MacBeath
; studied at Edinburgh University, the Baptist College in Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh.
He spent 15 years with the Baptist Missionary Society
in Congo. During World War II he spent 6 years in Cape Town, and then was a lecturer on the Bible at Toronto Bible College for four years. In 1954 he spent three months in West Africa, and in the summer of 1967 re-visited Congo and went on to East African countries.
In the 1950s and 1960s he was at the Bible Training Institute, Glasgow.
(Source: back cover of "The Book of Job" by Andrew MacBeath)
He took part in the funeral of his brother in May, 1967 by which time he was no longer principal of the Bible Training Institute.
As a student at the Bible Training Institute in Bothwell St. Glasgow during the years 1967-1969
the Principal for those two years was Andrew Macbeath.
(Source: Cambuslang Baptist Church centenary history page)
Keswick Convention
The Keswick Convention is an annual gathering of evangelical Christians in Keswick, in the English county of Cumbria.- History :The Keswick Convention began in 1875 as a catalyst and focal point for the emerging Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom. It was founded by an Anglican, Canon T. D....
, was younger brother of John MacBeath
John MacBeath
Rev. Dr. John MacBeath, a Scottish Preacher, was minister of Cambuslang Baptist Church from 1909 to 1921 or 1922. He was later minister of Haven Green Baptist Church, Ealing, from 1942 to 1949. His first wife Margaret died during this pastorate, on 16 November 1947. He then remarried to Eleanor...
; studied at Edinburgh University, the Baptist College in Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh.
He spent 15 years with the Baptist Missionary Society
Baptist Missionary Society
rightBMS World Mission is a Christian missionary society founded by Baptists from England in 1792. It was originally called the Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst the Heathen, but for most of its life was known as the Baptist Missionary Society...
in Congo. During World War II he spent 6 years in Cape Town, and then was a lecturer on the Bible at Toronto Bible College for four years. In 1954 he spent three months in West Africa, and in the summer of 1967 re-visited Congo and went on to East African countries.
In the 1950s and 1960s he was at the Bible Training Institute, Glasgow.
(Source: back cover of "The Book of Job" by Andrew MacBeath)
He took part in the funeral of his brother in May, 1967 by which time he was no longer principal of the Bible Training Institute.
As a student at the Bible Training Institute in Bothwell St. Glasgow during the years 1967-1969
the Principal for those two years was Andrew Macbeath.
(Source: Cambuslang Baptist Church centenary history page)
Some of Andrew MacBeath's published works
- W. H. Aldis (1949)
- The Book of Job. A study manual (1966)