John Trevor (1855-1930)
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John Trevor was a Unitarian
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....

 minister who formed The Labour Church
The Labour Church
The Labour Church was an organization intended to give expression to the religion of the labour movement. This religion is not theological but leaves the theological for the individual to consider and contemplate.-History:...

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Early life

John was born in Liverpool
Liverpool
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; his mother died when he was still a child and he was raised by his maternal grandmother, a strict Johnsonian Baptist. He was converted by a Unitarian
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....

 minister.

Formation of the Labour Church

John Trevor formed The Labour Church
The Labour Church
The Labour Church was an organization intended to give expression to the religion of the labour movement. This religion is not theological but leaves the theological for the individual to consider and contemplate.-History:...

 in 1891 in Manchester
Manchester
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. He left the Labour Church in 1900 and the Church never recovered from its loss and disappeared by World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

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Death

After a decade of increasing loneliness John Trevor died in 1930 and was buried in Highgate cemetery.

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