The Great Ejection followed the Act of Uniformity 1662 in England. Several thousand Puritan ministers were forced out of their positions in the Church of England following the Restoration of Charles I
Title page of a collection of Farewell Sermons preached by ministers ejected from their parishes in 1662
The Memorial Hall on Albert Square, Manchester, built to commemorate the bicentennial of the Great Ejection, at the suggestion of John Relly Beard
The United Reformed Church is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. As of 2024 it had approximately 44,000 members in around 1,250 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers.
Great Ejection
…Ejection. Rowan Williams, then Archbishop of Canterbury, preached at the service which was attended by clergy and laity of the Church of England and the United Reformed Church. History of the Puritans from 1649…
Lesslie Newbigin was Moderator of the General Assembly of the URC in 1978/1979.
Grade I listed Saltaire United Reformed Church in West Yorkshire
Over United Reformed Church, Winsford, Cheshire
The General Assembly of the United Reformed Church meeting in Cardiff, Wales, July 2014