List of Free Church of Scotland congregations

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The Free Church of Scotland has the following presbyteries and congregations:[1]

Presbytery of Edinburgh and Perth

  • Bon Accord Free Church, Aberdeen (founded 1905[2])
  • St Peter's Free Church, Dundee (founded 1831[3])
  • Buccleuch Free Church, Edinburgh (founded 1856[4]}
  • Christ Church Edinburgh (founded 2013, as a Free Church congregation in 2015[5])
  • Cornerstone Free Church, Edinburgh (founded as a church plant in 2014[6])
  • Grace Church Leith (founded in 2011[7])
  • Leith Free Church
  • St Columba's Free Church, Edinburgh (founded in 1843 as Free St John's[8])
  • Falkirk Free Church (founded in 1991[9])
  • Kirkcaldy Free Church (founded circa 1900[10])
  • Dunfermline Free Church
  • Livingston Free Church
  • London City Presbyterian Church (founded as a mission in 1949, as a Free Church congregation in 1954)[11]
  • Knox Church Perth
  • St Andrews Free Church (founded as a church plant in c. 2003[12])
  • Grace Church, Montrose (founded in 2015[13])

Presbytery of Glasgow and Argyll

  • Arran Free Church (Brodick and Shiskine)
  • Ayr Free Church (founded 1904[14])
  • Bishopbriggs Free Church
  • Campbeltown Free Church
  • Hope Church, Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill (founded 2014[15])
  • Hope Church, Coatbridge
  • Cumbernauld Free Church (founded in 1965, full congregational status in 1974[16])
  • Dumbarton Free High Church of Scotland
  • Dumfries Free Church
  • Dunblane Free Church
  • East Kilbride Free Church
  • Dowanvale Free Church (Partick, Paisley and Kilmacolm)
  • Govanhill Free Church
  • Partick Free Church
  • Glasgow City Free Church (founded in 1994 on the merger of St Vincent Street and Milton Free Churches)
  • Govan Free Church (founded 2013[17])
  • Greenock Free Church
  • Dunoon and Strachur Free Church
  • Lennoxtown Free Church
  • Lochgilphead and Tarbert Free Church
  • Mull and Coll Free Church
  • Covenant Church, Newmilns (accepted as a Free Church congregation in 2015[18])
  • Oban Free Church
  • Stirling Free Church (founded as a church plant in 2013)[19]

Presbytery of Inverness, Lochaber and Ross

  • Badenoch Free Church
  • Burghead Free Church
  • Dingwall and Strathpeffer Free Church
  • Elgin and Forres Free Church
  • Fortrose Free Church of Scotland
  • Fort William and Kilmonivaig Free Church
  • Glenurquhart and Fort Augustus Free Church
  • Free North Church, Inverness
  • West Church Inverness (founded 2015[20])
  • Greyfriars Stratherrick Free Church of Scotland (Inverness and Errogie)
  • Kilmallie and Ardnamurchan Free Church
  • Kiltarlity Free Church
  • Kiltearn Free Church
  • Knockbain Free Church
  • Maryburgh and Killearnan Free Church
  • Ferintosh and Resolis Free Church
  • Smithton-Culloden and Nairn Free Church
  • Urray and Strathconon Free Church

Northern Presbytery

Congregation Town Minister Notes Image
Assynt Free Church Lochinver[21] 150px
Clyne Free Church Brora[22]
Dornoch Free Church Dornoch[23] Duncan Macleod 150px
Golspie Free Church Golspie[24] Eric Paterson
Helmsdale and Kinbrace Free Church Helmsdale[25] Founded 1843.[26]
Bonar Bridge and Lairg Free Church Lairg, Bonar Bridge, Migdale and Rosehall[27] John Forbes[28] 150px
Lybster, Bruan, Latheron and Berriedale Free Church Lybster[29] Jim Morrison 150px
Castletown and Community Free Church Castletown[30] Howard Stone
Rogart Free Church Pittentrail[31] Ian Allan
Rosskeen Free Church By Achnagarron[32] Calum MacMillan
Tain and Fearn Free Church Tain[33] Alasdair MacAulay Founded 1906 to 1910.[34]
Thurso and North Coast Free Church Thurso[35] 150px
Wick and Keiss Free Church Wick[36]

Presbytery of Skye and Wester Ross

  • Bracadale Free Church (Carbost)
  • Duirinish Free Church
  • Gairloch and Kinlochewe Free Church
  • Glenelg and Arnisdale, Lochalsh and Glenshiel Free Church
  • Trotternish Free Church
  • Lochbroom and Coigach Free Church
  • Lochcarron and Applecross Free Church
  • Plockton and Kyle Free Church
  • Poolewe and Aultbea Free Church
  • Portree Free Church
  • Raasay Free Church
  • Sleat and Strath Free Church

Western Isles Presbytery

  • Back Free Church
  • Barvas Free Church
  • Callanish Free Church
  • Carloway Free Church
  • Cross Free Church (Ness)
  • Harris Free Church (Leverburgh)
  • Kinloch Free Church
  • Knock Free Church
  • Lochs Free Church (Crossbost) (founded 1843[37])
  • North Harris Free Church
  • North Tolsta Free Church
  • North Uist, Grimsay and Berneray Free Church
  • Pairc Free Church (Gravir)
  • Point Free Church (Garrabost)
  • Scalpay Free Church
  • Shawbost Free Church
  • South Uist and Benbecula Free Church
  • Stornoway Free Church (founded as the Gaelic Free Church, Stornoway in 1843)[38]
  • High Free Church (Stornoway) (founded 2014[39])

References

  1. ↑ https://freechurch.org/assets/documents/2014/Year%20Book.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.bafreechurch.org.uk/resources/downloads/category/3-general?download=9:centenary-booklet
  3. ↑ http://www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk/about-us/history/
  4. ↑ http://www.buccleuchfreechurch.co.uk/about/history.html
  5. ↑ http://christchurchedinburgh.org/history.html
  6. ↑ http://stcolumbas.freechurch.org/2014/09/cornerstone-church-plant-to-launch/
  7. ↑ http://gracechurchleith.org/
  8. ↑ https://freechurch.org/news/royal-mile-congregation-in-renovation-appeal
  9. ↑ http://www.falkirkfreechurch.com/#!history/c8de
  10. ↑ http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/8930/name/Kirkcaldy+Free+Church+Manse+Kirkcaldy+and+Dysart+Fife
  11. ↑ http://www.londonfreechurch.org.uk/our_history.html
  12. ↑ http://www.standrewsfreechurch.co.uk/our-story.html
  13. ↑ https://freechurch.org/news/new-congregation-in-montrose-begins-this-weekend
  14. ↑ http://www.ayrfreechurch.co.uk/history.html
  15. ↑ http://hope-free.church/?page_id=23
  16. ↑ http://www.cumbernauldfreechurch.co.uk/#!our-story/mri9k
  17. ↑ http://www.govanfreechurchofscotland.org.uk/historyofourchurch.htm
  18. ↑ https://freechurch.org/news/new-east-ayrshire-congregation-welcomed-to-free-church
  19. ↑ https://freechurch.org/news/free-church-re-established-in-stirling-after-67-year-absence
  20. ↑ https://freechurch.org/news/new-inverness-church-plant-begins-this-sunday
  21. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/assynt-lochinver
  22. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/clyne-brora
  23. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/dornoch
  24. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/golspie
  25. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/helmsdale
  26. ↑ http://www.helmsdale.org/free_church_of_scotland.html
  27. ↑ https://bonarandlairg.org/how-to-find-us/
  28. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/bonar-bridge
  29. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/lybster
  30. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/castletown
  31. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/rogart
  32. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/rosskeen-alness-and-invergordon
  33. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/tain
  34. ↑ http://www.tainandfearnfreechurch.co.uk/about/history.jsp
  35. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/thurso
  36. ↑ https://freechurch.org/im-new/find-a-church/northern/wick
  37. ↑ http://www.lochsfreechurch.co.uk/history/lochs.jsp
  38. ↑ http://stornowayfreechurch.org/SFCWeb/SFCAbout.php?name=ChurchHistory
  39. ↑ http://www.highfreechurch.co.uk/about-us/
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