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Hillhead Baptist Church
Hillhead Baptist Church is a Baptists, Baptist church in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. It is affiliated with the Baptist Union of Scotland. It has operated for over 125 years, one of 164 active Baptist churches in Scotland in the early twenty-first century. External features of the church building include prominent Greek columns, casement windows, and a triple-doorway front access, with doors, by tradition, painted sky blue. Internal features include a columned gallery and two levels of seating. It was designed by Thomas Lennox Watson (1850–1920), of Glasgow, the sixth of a dozen churches built to Lennox Watson design during the era. Historic Scotland designated Hillhead Baptist Church a Category B listed, Category B preserved building in 1970 (building number LB32860). Geography Hillhead Baptist Church is located at 53 Creswell Street, Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8AE. Reflecting the church's corner location on Creswell and Cranworth streets the church's address s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R Guy Ramsay
Reverend Robert Guy Ramsay (1895–1976) was a twentieth-century Scottish Baptist minister and author, most closely associated with Hillhead Baptist Church, Glasgow, Scotland. Rev Guy Ramsay was President of the Baptist Union of Scotland during the late 1940s. Early life Robert Guy Ramsay was born in Maybole, Ayrshire, in south-west Scotland in 1895. His father was the Baptist lay preacher and industrialist Thomas Ramsay, associated with establishing Maybole Baptist Church, where he served as pastor from 1901 to 1919. The family had historical roots in Ayrshire. Robert Guy Ramsay's uncle, James Ramsay, was provost of Maybole during the 1910s. He attended High School of Glasgow, Glasgow University, and following war service, thBaptist Theological College of Scotland(1918–22), all located in Glasgow, Scotland. Career Great War service (1915-1917) During the Great War, Robert Guy Ramsay was commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), in 1915, through the Inns of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
