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Tell Scotland' was a major missionary movement operating between 1952 and 1965, largely inspired by evangelist Rev Tom Allan. There was a great concern for the spiritual welfare of the people of Scotland at this time, and Tell Scotland was set up to address this need and the national decline in church attendance. Religious Broadcasting in Scotland was already well established, and a new programme was developed in the early 1950s called Radio Mission. It was from this platform that the Tell Scotland Movement emerged, an inter-church movement embracing several denominations, with clergy and lay people alike encouraged to reach out to the non-church going people of Scotland. In 1955 Rev Allan invited the American evangelist Dr Billy Graham to conduct the 'All Scotland Crusade' within the framework of the Tell Scotland mission. There was some controversy over this decision, as there were worries that Dr Graham's fame would distract from the focus of the mission. Rev Allan later returned to parish ministry and his successors carried on the evangelistic work. Such work included 'Kirk Weeks', which were conferences of laity, the first being held in Aberdeen in August 1957, with several others following in different towns. In subsequent years Tell Scotland became closely identified with the Scottish Churches Council (SCC), and in 1956 it was decided that Tell Scotland should be subsumed into the SCC. |