Talk:Gilcomston Church

Christianity Low‑importance

	Christianity portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ChristianityWikipedia:WikiProject ChristianityTemplate:WikiProject ChristianityChristianity
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Architecture Low‑importance

	Architecture portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Architecture, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Architecture on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ArchitectureWikipedia:WikiProject ArchitectureTemplate:WikiProject ArchitectureArchitecture
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Scotland Low‑importance

	Scotland portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Scotland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Scotland and Scotland-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ScotlandWikipedia:WikiProject ScotlandTemplate:WikiProject ScotlandScotland
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Changes to make article more accurate

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article needs some changes. The (currently unaffiliated?) congregation that meets in the Gilcomston South Church building is called "Gilcomston Church". After the departure of this former C of S congregation from the denomination, the formal structure of a Church of Scotland congregation of Gilcomston South was dissolved at the end of 2013 and the former parish of Gilcomston South was allocated to South Holburn [source: Feb 2014 response from clerk of local C of S presbytery to enquiry].

So in order to decide what happens to this article we need to decide whether the article is primarily about the building (Gilcomston South Church, a building retained by the Church of Scotland) or the current church body with slightly changed name that meets in the building (Gilcomston Church, a congregation independent of the Church of Scotland which rents the building from its former denomination). If the emphasis is on the latter, then the title needs to be changed.--PeterR2 (talk) 21:15, 26 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

History

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

At present, the account of the history of this church begins with the second-world war. However, a glance at the architecture suggests 19th-century Scottish baronial style. Since the congregation left the Church of Scotland as a whole, there is a continuity, and for that reason there is no conflict between this article being about both the congregation and the building. Therefore the history should go back to the founding of the parish.

Also, we do need a separate article on Willy Still. Doric Loon (talk) 07:10, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply