Standburn Churches

STANDBURN MISSION   

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TIMELINE

1880: Mission meetings held in the school under U.P Presbytery in Falkirk.

1895: Corrugated iron building with a wooden lining erected by Messrs Spiers and Co. for the Avonbridge U.P. Church and run as a mission.  It cost £270.  James Nimmo gave land for a church which was opened on 9th January 1885.

1935-1944: Administered by the Avonbridge Kirk Session.

SEATING

1896: 230.

MINISTERS OF STANDBURN MISSION.

Jan 1896

 Walker, John  
  Snaddon, D H Ritchie Oct 1900

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STANDBURN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

TIMELINE

1900, Nov: Formation.  D.H. Ritchie Snaddon had been appointed as the missionary for Standburn in 1898 and his progressive style made him popular in the village but not to the Avonbridge U.P. Church.  He was therefore dismissed and he set up the Standburn Congregational Church.  Iron building erected but the Congregational Church would not accept Snaddon as a trained minister.  He resigned the charge in February 1903.

MINISTERS OF STANDBURN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Oct 1900

 Snaddon, D H Ritchie Feb 1903

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STANDBURN CHURCH OF GOD

Christian Brethren

TIMELINE

c1888: Church of God formed at Standburn, Robert McCracken snr (miner in Avonbridge) one of the founding members.  All members adults and baptised by immersion – no children baptised.

1891: Chapel erected with 20 year lease of the land (later renewed).  In companionship with chapel at Stenhousemuir, with a mission in Rankine’s Hall, Falkirk.

1914: Robert McCracken jnr “recognised” minister.  55 members.

(See “The Falkirk Herald” 3.10.1918).

G.B. Bailey (2019)