Gorgie Mission Church
Gorgie Mission Hall, also known as Gorgie Mission Church, is a 1908 chapel in Edinburgh, Scotland, built as a mission church to serve railroad workers.
Gorgie Railway Mission was begun at the initiative of Emily Pearce in 1887, with a meeting attended by 17 railway workers at Haymarket Station.[1][2] Having met for some years in halls nearby churches, in 1908 the mission moved into its own, purpose-built building in Wheatfield Terrace, Gorgie with a capacity of 400.[1] The corrugated iron structure, still in use by the mission, is now a listed building.[3][1] A sign to the church appears in the 1955 film, "To God be the Glory." A photograph of the building also appears in the collection by Dave Henniker
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Gorgie Mission Church
The church website states, "Our mission is to spread the Gospel in our community by reaching out in love and respect to people of Gorgie."
The Mission has been led by a succession of devoted men (and, for a brief period, by one woman):
- 1899-1922 James Stevenson (commemorated with a plaque on the wall of the Hall)
- 1922-1929 Mrs Stevenson (the former minister's widow)
- 1929-1933 Mr Sponder
- 1936-1976 Robert Johnston (who had been present as an infant at the opening in 1908 and had come to faith aged six at the Mission)
- 1976-1979 Gordon Forbes
- 1979- Robert Robertson (under the auspices of the Edinburgh City Mission), latterly along with Alex Dunbar
- 1986- Ronnie McCullough (a full-time missionary)
What is now Gorgie Mission Church[4] is currently being redeveloped under the "20 schemes"[5] initiative with help from Niddrie Community Church.
Reference[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hall's on a mission to celebrate". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 February 2008.
- ↑ "History | Gorgie Mission Church". Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ↑ "Hall's on a mission to celebrate". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ↑ "Gorgie Mission Church". Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ↑ "Home". 20schemes. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
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