Didasko

Didasko is a family of conservative-evangelical Presbyterian churches in Scotland which have formed a presbytery. It was formed in 2017 as a result of five congregations leaving the Church of Scotland, primarily due to disagreements about human sexuality.^[1][2]

Didasko
Classification	Protestant
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Reformed Westminster Confession of Faith
Polity	Presbyterian
Region	Scotland
Origin	2017
Separated from	Church of Scotland
Congregations	7 congregations in Scotland.
Official website	https://sites.google.com/view/didaskoscotland/home

Origin

In 2008, the Presbytery of Aberdeen appointed Scott Rennie, a Church of Scotland minister, to serve within its bounds at Queen's Cross Church; the first time that a congregation and presbytery had voted to appoint an openly gay minister. This caused division within the denomination, resulting in some ministers, elders and members leaving the denomination, largely beginning in 2011 with High Hilton Church in Aberdeen.^[3] In addition, some congregations split, resulting in a breakaway church, and some congregations decided to leave the denomination as a whole.^[2][4]

Ministers, congregations and breakaways have joined the Free Church of Scotland, the International Presbyterian Church and United Free Church of Scotland.^[5] However, the original five congregations (Cornerstone Community Church, Edinburgh North Church, Grace Church Dundee, Gilcomston and Tron Church) in the Didasko Presbytery decided to come together to form their own fellowship.

Theology

Didasko is a collection of evangelical Presbyterian congregations in Scotland.

They are a confessing fellowship, in that "we confess the faith of Christ crucified, stand firm for the biblical gospel, affirm the historic creeds of catholic Christianity, and hold as a subordinate standard the Westminster Confession of Faith (Scripture itself being the only ultimate authority and standard)."^[6]

They are committed to work, pray and support each other in their common mission to proclaim the Good News of Christ to the people of Scotland and beyond.^[1]

Churches

Church	Location	Minister	Web	Founded	Notes
Cornerstone Community Church	Stirling	Rev. Calum Jack	https://cornerstonestirling.org/	2015[7]	Split from Stirling North Church of Scotland
Edinburgh North Church	Edinburgh	Rev. Stephen Ballingall	http://edinburghnorth.church/	2015[4]
Grace Church Dundee	Dundee	Rev. Dominic Fisher	https://www.gracechurchdundee.co.uk/		Split from Logie & St John’s (Cross) Church of Scotland
Gilcomston	Aberdeen	Rev. Nathan Owens	https://www.gilcomston.org/		Congregation of Gilcomston South Church of Scotland
Maxwell Church	Kilmaurs	in vacancy	https://maxwellchurch.com/		Moved from United Free Church to Didasko in 2024
Trinity Church	Bishopbriggs	Still to appoint first minister	https://trinity-church.co.uk/	27 Jan 2025	New church plant, formed from the majority of the congregation leaving Bishopbriggs Free Church.
The Tron Church	Glasgow	Rev. William Philip	https://www.tron.church/		Whole congregation of The Tron Church of Scotland.

Partnerships

Didasko is a member of Affinity.^[8][1]