SU History
Scripture Union was born one summer evening in London in 1867. A young British office worker, Josiah Spiers, took a group of children from his Sunday School to a special meeting, conducted by an American named Payson Hammond.
There were hundreds of children there and the service was unlike any other Spiers had even seen. The children were lively and enjoying themselves--and they could actually understand the teachings of the Bible!
Spiers was greatly impressed with this lively, informal and effective approach to ministry to children. Soon, with the help of others, he began holding regular services for children with attendance in the hundreds.
The Children's Special Service Mission (CSSM) (which later became Scripture Union) was born.
On 17 November 1924 Frank Millard landed at Cape Town. From those humble beginnings, Scripture Union spread around the world. Today Scripture Union is active in over 130 countries worldwide, still working to introduce children and young people to Jesus and promote regular, serious Bible reading.
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