William Irvine, sometimes Irvin or Irwin in contemporary documents, was a Scottish evangelist. He is regarded as the founder and early propagator of the Two by Twos movement. Rapid growth was experien
William Irvine (circa 1910)
(l-r) William Gill (appointed overseer of Britain), William Irvine with pet dog and constant companion, and George Walker (appointed overseer of eastern North America), early workers
Photograph of William Irvine taken during the 1930s
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Two by Twos is an international, home-based Christian new religious movement that was founded in 1897 in Ireland by William Irvine. Irvine, an evangelist with the interdenominational Faith Mission, be
William Irvine (Scottish evangelist)
…March 1947), sometimes Irvin or Irwin in contemporary documents, was a Scottish evangelist. He is regarded as the founder and early propagator of the Two by Twos movement. Rapid growth was experienced in its initial decades, and Irvine eventually came into conflict with the regional overseers whom he had appointed…
Extract of an article from The Impartial Reporter and Farmers' Journal from 1910 documenting the early phases of the church. See endnote for link to the full article.
Last page of senior overseer George Walker's statement to the U.S. Selective Service in 1942 under the name "Christian Conventions"
Two by Two convention hall in Saginaw, Oregon, in 2018