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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.
Selly Oak Colleges was a federation of educational facilities which in the 1970s and 1980s was at the forefront of debates about ecumenism - the coming together of Christian churches and the creation of new united churches such as the Church of South India; the relationships between Christianity and other religions, especially Islam and Judaism; child-centred teacher training; and the theology ...
The ruins of a 12th-century church, Kilbar Church (Cille Bharra), can be seen today in the village of Eoligarry on Barra. There is speculation that this church was built atop an older chapel dating back to the seventh century. [6] Numerous monasteries and churches were established throughout the Hebrides in this period under the leadership of ...
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 ...
John MacLeod (born 14 May 1948 in Fearn, Scotland – died 17 December 2020 in Portmahomack, Scotland), known in Scottish Gaelic as Iain MacLeòid, was educated at the University of Aberdeen and the Free Church College, Edinburgh, and was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) who served in congregations of the Free Church of Scotland and Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) in ...
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 word "Free" was suggested and adopted because the new church was to be an anti-slavery church (slavery was an issue in those days), because pews in the churches were to be free to all rather than sold or rented (as was common), and because the new church hoped for the freedom of the Holy Spirit in the services rather than a stifling formality.
The Free Church Training College was an educational institution in Glasgow, Scotland. It was established by the Free Church of Scotland in 1845 as a college for teacher training . In 1836, David Stow had established a normal school in Glasgow but, following the Disruption of 1843 , a legal ruling of 1845 compelled adherents of the Free Church ...