# Stornoway Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC050328
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Part of:** [Free Church Of Scotland (Continuing)](/sc/SC030976) (SC030976)
- **Registered:** July 27, 2020
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC050328


## Contact

- **Address:** 7 Olivers Brae, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
- **Postcode:** HS1 2SS
- **Website:** https://www.freechurchcontinuing.org/find-us/congregations/item/stornoway



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of religion&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The congregation is part of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) denomination with congregations in the UK, Canada, USA, Sri Lanka, Spain and France. This Church is Presbyterian in Church government and adheres in worship and doctrine to the position adopted by the Church of Scotland at the Reformation. This Church claims continuity with the Free Church of Scotland which came into existence historically in 1843 and within which there was a split in January 2000.  The constitutional documents of the Free Church of Scotland of 1843 remain the founding documents of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing).  The principle objectives of the congregation, in common with the Church body of which it is a part, is to maintain the public worship of God and advance the gospel and kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, in obedience to Him and in accordance with the Holy Scriptures.

**Objectives:** The principal objective of the congregation, in common with the Church body of which it is a part, is to maintain the public worship of God and advance the Gospel and kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, in obedience to Him and in accordance with the Holy Scriptures.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Western Isles
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






