Camphill Queen's Park Baptist Church

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Camphill Queen's Park
Camphill Queen's Park Baptist Church
20 Balvicar Drive, Camphill Queen's Park Church 01.jpg
The church in 2017
Camphill Queen's Park Baptist Church
55°50′02″N4°16′15″W / 55.833892°N 4.270859°W / 55.833892; -4.270859
Location Glasgow
Country Scotland
Denomination Baptist Church
Previous denomination Church of Scotland
Website Church Website
History
StatusActive
Founded1872
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Architect(s) William Leiper
Architectural typeChurch
Style French Gothic
Years built1872–1876
Completed8 October 1876
Specifications
Number of spires 1
Clergy
Senior pastor(s) Iain Macaulay
Pastor(s) Brodie McGregor
Caz McCrone
Mairi Greenshields
Listed Building – Category A
Designated15 December 1970
Reference no. LB32359

Camphill Queen's Park Baptist Church is a 19th-century church building in the south-side of Glasgow, immediately opposite Queen's Park.

It was built in the French Gothic style, on designs by William Leiper. The church hall was built in 1873, while the church was completed by 8 October 1876. The octagonal church spire was completed in 1883. [1]

History

The church was founded by members of the Queen's Park United Presbyterian Church (destroyed during WWII) of Langside Avenue, as the Camphill United Presbyterian Church. [2] The Campill church was built to serve as a parish church of the United Presbyterian Church.

The church as seen from Queen's Park. Queen'sParkSnow.jpg
The church as seen from Queen's Park.

Upon the union with the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, the church became known as Camphill United Free Church. In 1929, when the United Free Church of Scotland united with the Church of Scotland, the church was renamed Camphill Queen's Park Church.

In 1983, the Presbytery of Glasgow formed a Basis of Association, an agreement between Strathbungo Queen's Park and Camphill Queen's Park, that upon the retirement or resignation of either church minister, the Strathbungo Queen's Park building would close and the congregation would unite with the Camphill parish and use the Camphill building as the parish church.

However, the agreement was amended in October 1990, deciding in favour of retaining the Strathbungo Queen's Park building instead of the Camphill building. Consequently, Camphill Queen's Park Church closed in the 1990s and was eventually sold to the Baptist Church, who already possessed Queen's Park Baptist Church in Queen's Drive. [3]

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