Financing Church Network Duplication: A Case Study of Free Greyfriars', Edinburgh
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 f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Scottish church history
Year: 2025, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-39 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDG Free church RB Church office; congregation ZE Economy / Economics |
| Further subjects: | B
Free Church of Scotland
B Debt B Church Finance B Disruption |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2516-6301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/sch.2025.0126 |
