Protestant Truth Society

The Protestant Truth Society (PTS) was founded by John Kensit 1889, to 'take a stand against the growing influence of Romanism within church and nation.'Protestant Truth Society History, accessed 21 April 2012 It was and remains a strongly Protestant organisation dedicated to combatting what it claims is the influence of the Catholic Church in public life and pursuing moral conservative campaigns to defend the institutions of the family and heterosexuality.
The Society gives the following account of its position today:
:Today, our world is very different from that of 1889. Britain no longer 'rules the waves', and she no longer has an Empire, but Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Political, social and technological change is continual, but the needs of men's hearts are still the same, and the gospel of Jesus Christ is still the only hope for a weary, sin-sick world.
:Romanism is still at variance with the gospel, but so are false religion, irreligion, atheism and all those philosophies and ideologies which set themselves against the truth as it is in Jesus, and enslave the hearts and minds of men and women. 
In 1898 the first band of Wickliffe Preachers was appointed. In 1905 the Kensit Memorial Bible College was established in Finchley, to train the Wickliffe Preachers in their work of 'declaring the gospel and defending the faith.' 
As of 2012 the PTS is based in Fleet Street, London.
==History==
===1914===
On the decision of the British government ot open diplomatical relations with the Vatican in 1914, many Protestant organsations complained and protested including the PTS. In a letter to the King on December 23, 1914 via the Home Secretary (Rt Hon Sir Reginald McKenna):
:from the President and Secretary of The Protestant Truth Society: "We your Majesty's most loyal subjects". They suggested that the appointment of Sir Henry Howard to the Holy See had offended the United Kingdom electorate, the overseas Dominions, the Italian nation, the anti-clerical element of France, the Czarist Russians, and European politics in general.
:In short, "it is altogether inconsistent with national welfare to•parley with the system of Romanism; all nations coquetting with Romanism as a political power have suffered grievous upheavals; the political intrigues of Romanism may be charged as an underlying cause of the present War."
:The principal charge, as to the last point, was that the Vatican courted Germany and Austria as the best hope for Catholicism in contemporary European politics.
:"The declared hope by Romish Ecclesiastics (is) that a European conflict would open the way for Austria to restore again the Temporal Power of the Pope." So it goes on; until it comes to an end with an invocation of some not unfamiliar words from the economist, Adam Smith: "The Church of Rome is the most formidable combination that ever was formed against the authority and security of civil government as well as against the liberty, reason and happiness of mankind."Alberic Stacpoole No more 'no Popery'? Catholic Herald, 24th September 1982, Page 5, accessed 22 April 2012 
===2010===
On the visit of the Pope to the UK in 2010 the PTS was amongst those groups (also including Christian Watch) which mounted a protest. In a leaflet also sponsored by other Protestant groups (Association of the Continuing Church Trust, British Council of Protestant Christian Churches, Christian Watch, Church Society, Protestant Alliance, Protestant Reformation Society, Spirit of ’88, Trinitarian Bible Society, United Protestant Council) they claimed:
:We reject the Pope’s pretensions to power over governments and churches. The Pope does not owe his present status as monarch of the Vatican City State to God but to a treaty with Mussolini. We reject his blasphemous claim to infallibility. God alone is infallible. The recent scandalous revelations over child abuse demonstrate the corruption of the papacy.Protestant Truth Society Should we welcome the Pope?, London, 2010
The protest was held on Friday 17th September 2010 in front of The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE. The Society noted 'Appropriate scriptural placards will be provided'.Protestant Truth Society Papal Visit Protest - Protestant Truth Society, PDF created 19 August 2010 16.33
==People==
*Jeremy Brooks, Director of MinistryProtestant Truth Society PTS Wickliffe Preachers, accessed 23 April 2012
							
	Name of DirectorData compiled from Companies House, accessed on 22 April 2012, unless otherwise stated. 	 Role	 Date of Birth	Date of Appointment	Date of resignation	Stated occupation	
	 George Roy Rae	 Secretary 	None given	01/08/2004	N/A	Not stated	
	 Richard George Richard Barnes	 Director 	22/12/1948	 13/02/2006 	N/A	Chartered Accountant 	
	Duncan Rodney Lecington Boyd	 Director 	18/06/1963 	10/11/2003	N/A	Barrister Businessman 	
	Michael De Semlyen	 Director 	19/02/1938	10/10/2005	12 June 2002	 Distributor 	
	Edwin Kenneth Lloyd	 Director 	18/02/1920 		10/10/1995 	N/A	Retired	
	Rev Edward John Malcolm	 Director 	18/07/1966 	 	13/11/2000 	N/A	 Clergyman 	
	Kevin McGrane	 Director 	11/05/1960 	12/09/2011	N/A	Chartered Engineer 	
	William Leeroy Smith	 Director 	 24/04/1939 	 	16/04/2007 	N/A	Retired	
	Rev Dominic Francis Stockford	 Director 	 24/08/1962 	 	16/04/2007	N/A	Minister Of Religion 	
	Rev Walter John Cook	 Secretary 	Not stated 	01/09/1994 	31/05/1996	Not stated	
	Rev Samuel Richard McKay	 Secretary 	Not stated 	 01/06/1996	 31/07/2004	Director	
	Alexander John Roberts	 Secretary 	 Not stated	Pre 28/01/1992	 31/08/1994 	Not stated	
	 Allan Harold Leslie Bowhill	 Director 	05/08/1943	 Pre 28/01/1992	20/07/1995	 Clerk In Holy Orders 	
	Rev Maurice Gerald Bowler	 Director 	 05/08/1925 	 	Pre 28/01/1992	11/03/2002	Minister Of Religion 	
	Rev Robert David Browne	 Director 	 06/09/1905 	 	 Pre 28/01/1992 	08/05/1996	Minister Of Religion - Retired 	
	Rev George Roland Burrows	 Director 	 16/01/1949 	 	14/10/1992	14/11/2011	 Minister Of Religion 	
	Rev Brian Garrard	 Director 	 24/03/1946 	 	10/06/1996	06/05/1998	 Minister Of Religion 	
	Harold Gordon Haynes Hill	 Director 	 05/12/1915 	 	 Pre 28/01/1992	11/11/2002	Clerk In Holy Orders - Retired 	
	 Canon Stanley Holbrooke-Jones	 Director 	 18/10/1927 	 	08/11/1999	09/11/2009	 Retired Clergyman	
	Rev Peter William Howe	 Director 	 30/09/1934 	 	 Pre 28/01/1992	13/04/1992	 Minister Of Religion 	
	 Alfred Latimer Kensit	 Director 	 24/05/1909 	 	 Pre 28/01/1992	05/08/1992	 Company Secretary-Retired 	
	Rev Frank Walter Martin	 Director 	 18/09/1913 	 	 Pre 28/01/1992	 15/07/1992	 Clerk In Holy Orders - Retired 	
	Gordon John Murray	 Director 	 18/03/1933 	 	 09/11/1998	 13/08/2010	 Christian Minister 	
	Francis Dermot Nash	 Director 	 21/05/1935 	 17/01/2002	 08/11/2010	 Retired 	
							
							
	Ronald Pearce	 Director 	 29/04/1922 	 	 13/04/1992	 10/12/2001	 Retired Insurance Manager 	
	Rev Andrew Robert Price	 Director 	 20/09/1960 	 	 12/02/2001	 15/09/2003	 Minister Of Gospel 	
	David Cyril Relf	 Director 	 07/12/1922 	 	 Pre 28/01/1992	 15/09/2003	 Retired Solicitor 	
	Alexander John Roberts	 Director 	 01/09/1927 	 	 12/09/1994	 14/11/2005	 Minister Of Religion 	
	 Major Andrew J H Rutherfoord	 Director 	 22/02/1916 	 	 Pre 28/01/1992	 11/09/1995	 Retired Army Officer 	
	Rev Iain Stewart	 Director 	 06/11/1931 	 	 11/11/1996	 11/03/2002	 Minister Of Religion 	
	 Rev Donald Fredrick Strong	 Director 	 18/01/1918 		 Pre 28/01/1992	 02/02/2000	 Clerk In Holy Orders - Retired 	
	 Rev John Edwin Foster Tredennick	 Director 	 15/11/1906 	 Pre 28/01/1992	 04/09/1995	 Clerk In Holy Orders - Retired 	
==Resources==
*Guy Davies An Interview with Jeremy Brooks Banner of Truth, Circa 2008.
==Affiliations==
Keep Marriage Special an 'expressly Christian pro-marriage campaign', which 'originated with both the Protestant Truth Society and Church Society' in January 2012.Protestant Truth Society Prayer Letter for April 2012, Accessed 12 April 2012
==Contact==
The Society is registered at Companies House as the Protestant Truth Society (Incorporated), company number 00166825
:184 Fleet Street
:EC4A 2HJ
:London
:Telephone: 020 7405 4960
==Notes==
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