Jordanhill Parish Church is a parish church of the

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, serving Jordanhill in the west end of

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. It is within the Church of Scotland's

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. The church building is located on Woodend Drive, Jordanhill.

History

The congregation started as

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Free Church in 1854, although it was initially a "preaching station" rather than a "sanctioned charge" of the Free Church of Scotland. The congregation initially met in a school in Knightswood Road, with the first building being constructed nearby in 1858. Following serious structural problems with the building (largely arising from coal mining in the area), a decision was made to move to a new site. The first services in the current building were held on 11 June 1905. The name was changed to Jordanhill Free Church in 1888. Following the creation of the

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in 1900, the name was changed to Jordanhill United Free Church. The name again changed in 1929, following the union of the United Free Church with the Church of Scotland, becoming "Jordanhill Church of Scotland" and - from 1979 - simply "Jordanhill Parish Church"

Ministers

*Rev Peter McLachlan (1859-1870) *Rev James Jolly (1870-1873) *Rev G D R Munro (1874-1902) *Rev Dr A D Livingstone (1899-1938) *Rev George Allison (1939-1943) *Rev John C. Cockburn (1944-1958) *Rev Dr J M Orr (1960-1976) *Very Rev Dr Finlay Macdonald (moderator), Finlay A. J. Macdonald (1977-1996). Dr Macdonald left to become Principal Clerk to the

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and was

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in 2002. *Rev Colin Renwick (1996-2014) *Rev Bruce H Sinclair (2015) is the present minister

External links

Official Website
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History

Ministers

See also

Other churches nearby

External links