John Love (minister)

[1] After being assistant successively at Rutherglen and Greenock, Love was ordained minister of the presbyterian congregation at Crispin Street, Spitalfields, London, on 22 August 1788.

He became a significant figure among founders of the London Missionary Society in September 1795, having written a short letter which convened an early consultative meeting.

[1][2] In 1799 a chapel of ease was built in Clyde Street, Anderston, a suburb of Glasgow; Love was elected to the charge, and took up his duties in July 1800.

[1] John Love died at the manse, Clyde Street, Glasgow, on 17 December 1825.

A missionary station in Kaffraria, now in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, was established in 1840, and was named Lovedale after him.