JOURNAL ARTICLE

Financing Church Network Duplication: A Case Study of Free Greyfriars', Edinburgh.

  • Published In: Scottish Church History (2516-6298), 2025, v. 54, n. 1. P. 20 1 of 3

  • Database: Historical Abstracts with Full Text 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Sawkins, John W. 3 of 3

Abstract

This paper describes and analyses the financing arrangements underpinning the Free Church of Scotland's programme to build a duplicate national church network in the decade after the Disruption. In highlighting the important role of debt-funding, it throws new light on the church's early financial development, and the rapidity with which it was able to build over 700 new churches the length and breadth of Scotland during a period of economic adversity. Using the case of Free Greyfriars', Edinburgh, it illustrates how, within a particular urban context, funds were raised to pay for the construction of a new church building, exploring how borrowing, and the consequent need to service and extinguish debt-finance, influenced this congregation's fundraising priorities and activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Scottish Church History (2516-6298). 2025/04, Vol. 54, Issue 1, p20
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Geography and Cartography
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:2516-6298
  • DOI:10.3366/sch.2025.0126
  • Accession Number:184347716
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