The movement grew with the Evangelical revival of the 18th century, and in urban areas following the Industrial Revolution.
[1] Many of those churches which did not wish to join the new body instead formed the Congregational Federation.
Provision for them was made through the Unaffiliated Congregational Churches Charities.
[5] The London Missionary Society was the overseas mission arm of the Congregational churches.
It was originally housed in the Congregational Memorial Hall in Farringdon Street in London and was then moved to Dr Williams's Library, London, when the Hall site was sold.