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Iona Community

Religious Body
Origin from 1938

An ecumenical Christian community founded in Glasgow in 1938 by the Church of Scotland minister George MacLeod, who led unemployed workers and trainee ministers in rebuilding the ruined medieval Iona Abbey on the Scottish island of Iona. The Community since trains people for ministry and social action, produces worship material used across the world church, and campaigns on peace, justice and poverty, from its base on Iona and in Glasgow.

Facts
Finances
Institutional Wealth or Finances
The Iona Community, Scottish Charity Number SC003794, reported total income of 2,067,628 pounds sterling against total expenditure of 2,396,857 pounds sterling for the year ended 31 December 2024, in its annual return filed with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. 2
Wealth Figure As Of Year
2024 2
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 1
Classification
Activity
Worship and Religious Practice 2
Origins
Origin Period
from 1938 1
Structure category (class)
Community 1
Sources
1. Iona Community (Wikipedia)
  • lead paragraph
    The Iona Community is an ecumenical Christian community of people from different walks of life and different traditions within Christianity.
  • Lead section: origin-period-start-year
    It was founded in 1938 by George MacLeod.
  • Lead section: structure category
    The Iona Community is an ecumenical Christian community of people from different walks of life and different traditions within Christianity.
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2. The Iona Community, Charity Details (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, SC003794)
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), 2025Introduction, activity
Quote, Introduction, activity
is an ecumenical Christian community of people from different walks of life and different traditions within Christianity.
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