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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.
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.
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]
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 ...
The early Free Church was also concerned with educational reform including setting up Free Church schools. [33] Members of the Free Church also became associated with the colonisation of New Zealand: the Free Church offshoot the Otago Association sent out emigrants in 1847 who established the Otago settlement in 1848. [34]
Some churches in Scotland and Northern Ireland, mainly of the splinter off Presbyterian tradition, have used the name 'Free Church'. The most important of these to persist at the present time is the Free Church of Scotland.The mainline Church of Scotland is the national church which is Presbyterian and the mother kirk for Presbyterianism all over the world, and is not part of the "Free Church".
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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 ...