St John Scotch Church, South Shields, Presbyterian

^Our records show that this church is closed. Click the arrow on the line above to find links to search for web sites of current churches of the same denomination, or try the Nearby Churches link above.

It was founded before 1881. It closed before 1897.

The congregation moved to St John's in Bent House Lane (now Beech Road). See description in Tyne & Wear Archives.

The Presbyterian church was influenced by Calvinism which rejected bishops and believed that the church should be governed by a hierarchy of general assembly, synod, presbytery and kirk sessions attended by ministers and elders of equal rank. Presbyterianism flourished in the 17th and early 18th centuries but in the later 18th century many Presbyterian churches adopted Unitarianism.

In 1972 the Presbyterian Church of England merged with the Congregational Church to form the United Reformed Church.

See Tyne and Wear Archives.

It was located at NZ3653567134 (Lat/Lon 54.997454, -1.430443). You can see this on maps provided by:

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