Alloa Moncreiff United Free Kirk Session

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Alloa Moncreiff United Free Kirk Session

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        Dates of existence

        1900 -

        History

        Moncrieff United Free Church originated as a congregation of the original seceders formed from praying societies in Alloa. The societies had joined the Associate Presbytery in 1738 and in 1745 the seceders in Alloa were disjoined from Stirling. In 1747 after the split in the Presbytery over the Burgess oath, the congregation took the Antiburgher side in what was to be known as the General Associate Synod. The first minister, William Moncrieff, was ordained in 1749; he was the son of Professor Moncrieff of Aberforgie who was one the Four Brethren who founded the Secession Church. The General Associate Synod joined with the Associate Synod in 1820 to form the United Secession Church. At the union of 1847 the congregation became Alloa Townhead of the United Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Stirling, then, in 1900, Alloa Moncrieff part of the United Free Church. It stayed out of the union of the United Free Church with the Church of Scotland in 1929 becoming part of the United Free Church continuing.

        The church has been at its present site at Townhead, Drysdale Street in Alloa since 1792 and is in the Presbytery of the East. The current minister Is Reverend Jason Lingiah.

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        Alloa, Clackmannanshire

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        Alloa Townhead United Presbyterian Kirk Session (1847 - 1900)

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        C0376

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        temporal

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        Alloa Townhead United Presbyterian Kirk Session is the predecessor of Alloa Moncreiff United Free Kirk Session

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        in 1900, Alloa Moncrieff became part of the United Free Church

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        C0378

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        ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997)

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        Created 11 Dec 2020, Revised 01 Mar 2022

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