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, India. It was Bombay's first Scottish church and was built in 1819 after the arrival of the city's first

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minister,

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, who was appointed

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for the

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in 1815. The two Scottish churches were merged in 1938. The architectural style of St Andrew is

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and the facade is said to have been inspired by St Martin-in-the-Fields in

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. Both St Andrew and St Columba are only open on Sundays for service, and on other days the latter is used for the church's homeless street children project.

References

*(1869). "Presbyterianism in Victoria and Otago and Southland." ''The Reformed Presbyterian magazine''. 1 July. Churches in Mumbai Church of North India church buildings 1819 establishments in India Religious buildings and structures completed in 1819 Greek Revival church buildings Neoclassical church buildings in India {{India-church-stub