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 FinancesThe 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 Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Classification
ActivityWorship and Religious Practice 2 Origins
Origin Period Structure category (class) 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.
View the Source2. The Iona Community, Charity Details (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, SC003794)
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), 2025Introduction, activityQuote, Introduction, activity
is an ecumenical Christian community of people from different walks of life and different traditions within Christianity.
View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
Choose a year to see this entry's facts and connections as the atlas records them at that moment: what it held then, what it held instead, and what it had not yet adopted. Choose Present for the current record.