Famous in the 1920s, and again in the 1980s, Eric Liddell is slipping from public consciousness. Laurence Wareing reports on a campaign to reclaim his memory

As CEO of the Eric Liddell Community in Edinburgh, John MacMillan was tasked with promoting the elderly care and dementia work of a city-wide charity named after one of Edinburgh’s famous sons. It was set up in 1980 by members of a former Church of Scotland congregation, which worked in partnership with three neighbouring congregations at ‘Holy Corner’, a busy city crossroads. One of those congregations, now Morningside United Church, was Liddell’s home church…

More about EL100, including resources for church use, at ericliddell.org/the-eric-liddell-100. The online resource for adults is at el100.ericliddell.org

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This is an extract from an article published in the July/August 2024 edition of Reform

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