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The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) (abbreviation: FC(C), Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Shaor Leantainneach) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination which was formed in January 2000. It claims to be the true continuation of the Free Church of Scotland , hence its name.
Free Church (Cont) [10] Ness Free Church (Continuing) Barvas [11] 2000 Free Church (Cont) Building 2003-2004 Ness Free Presbyterian Church Barvas Free Presbyterian [12] Lochs-Crossbost Parish Church Lochs 1724 Church of Scotland [3] Gaelic spoken. Rebuilt 1796. Whole congregation left to found Crossbost Free Church in 1843 [13]
The Snizort Free Church, is a place of worship of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) in the township of Skeabost in Snizort on the island of Skye. The church was built in 1847, [1] and was led for some time by Roderick Macleod. [2] [3] In 2023, the minister was Rev. Murdo A N Macleod. [4]
He was appointed professor of systematic theology at the Free Church College (now Edinburgh Theological Seminary) in May 1978, a position he held for some 33 years. [4] In 1996, he was considering leaving the Free Church to join the Church of Scotland, and following a new career as a writer and journalist, [6] but remained in post and in 1999 was elected as principal of the Free Church College.
The United Free Church of Scotland (UF Church; Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte, Scots: The Unitit Free Kirk o Scotland) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (or UP) and the majority of the 19th-century Free Church of Scotland.
The Free Church of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Shaor; [4] Scots: Free Kirk o Scotland) is a conservative evangelical Calvinist denomination in Scotland.It is the continuation of the original Free Church of Scotland that remained outside the union with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1900, and remains a distinct Presbyterian denomination in Scotland.
Continuing churches are particularly common in Presbyterianism and are present in Australia, Canada, Scotland, and the United States. [2] Examples include the Free Church of Scotland (1900), [3] the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1906), [4] the Presbyterian Church in Canada (1925), [5] the United Free Church of Scotland (1929), [6] the Congregational Federation (1972), [7] the Presbyterian ...
Edinburgh Theological Seminary, formerly known as the Free Church College, is a theological seminary in Edinburgh connected to the Free Church of Scotland. It traces its origins back to the foundation of New College, Edinburgh at the time of the Disruption of 1843 . [ 1 ]