Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)

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This denomination is not related to the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland or the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia which is sometimes called the Free Presbyterian Church of Australia because of its historic links with the Free Church of Scotland, nor with the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria (1846-1953) or the Free Presbyterian Church of South Australia which operated from 1850, and was continued by a minority outside the general union of 1865 into the 1920s.
Free Presbyterian Church of Australia
Classification
Port Lincoln, Australia
Congregations4

The Free Presbyterian Church of Australia is a denomination which currently consists of four congregations in fellowship with the

Perth, Lock and Kingston, Tasmania
.

History

The Free Presbyterian Church of Australia began in Port Lincoln under the ministry of Rev. Fred Buick on 1 January 1978 in the home of a Mrs. Elizabeth Feltus. Under the ministry of Rev. Buick and the subsequent lengthy ministry of Rev. Michael Patrick the church progressed and a permanent church building for the congregation was found and purchased.

Another worship service was added, a weekly bible study and prayer meeting was established, and a Friday night youth work. In time the work extended northward to the small bush town of

Perth in Western Australia and to Tasmania
.

Doctrine

The church is

King James Bible is exclusively used and recommended."[1] The Book of Church Order for the Free Presbyterian Church of North America (a sister denomination) commenting on Free Presbyterianism in general, notes that “on the issues as to whether the second coming of Christ will be pre-, post-, or a-millennial and whether, if it is premillennial, it will be pre-, mid-, or post- tribulational, there is liberty of opinion. This liberty does not extend to peculiar views of prophecy that weaken or contradict the exposition of the plan of salvation set forth in our confession and catechisms.” [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rowland Ward and Robert Humphreys, Religious Bodies in Australia, 3rd edition (Wantirna, Victoria: New Melbourne Press, 1995), 95.
  2. ^ http://torontofpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/BCO2.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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