Free Presbyterian Kirk o Ulster

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The Free Presbyterian Kirk o Ulster is a Christian denomination foundit bi Ian Paisley in 1951.^{[note 1]} Doctrinally, the Kirk descrieves itssel as fundamentalist, evangelical, an separatist.  Maist o its members bide in Norlan Airlan, whaur the Kirk is heidquarterit, an in Coontie Dunnygal.  The Kirk haes additional congregations in the Republic o Airlan, Great Bretane an Australie,^[3] an a sister denomination in North America that haes congregations in Canada an the Unitit States.  It forby haes a sister denomination in Nepal whilk wes formit fae the Nepal mission tae the Unreachit in November 2013.^[4]

Free Presbyterian Kirk o Ulster
Clessification	Protestant
Orientaition	Fundamentalist Calvinism
Polity	Presbyterian
Moderator	Gordon Dane
Associations	Whitefield College o the Bible
Region	Unitit Kinrick (maistlins Norlan Airlan)[1]
Foonder	Ian Paisley
Oreegin	17 March 1951 Crossgar, Norlan Airlan
Separatit frae	Presbyterian Kirk in Airlan
Separations	Free Presbyterian Kirk o North America
Congregations	61 (Norlan Airlan)[2] 22 (elsewhaur)[3]
Members	15,000
Offeecial wabsteid	www.freepresbyterian.org

The moderator o the General Assemlie o the kirk the nou is Rev. Gordon Dane, minister o the foundin kirk in Crossgar.  John Armstrong is moderator-depute the nou.

Foondins

The Free Presbyterian Kirk o Ulster began on 17 Mairch 1951 (St. Petherick's Day) as the affcome o a stramash atween antrin members o the local Lissara Presbyterian^[5] congregation in Crossgar, Countie Doun, Norlan Airlan, an the Doun Presbytery o the Presbyterian Kirk in Airlan. At a meetin on 8 Januar 1951, the Doun Presbytery baurt the elders o the local congregation fae usin the kirk hall fur a gospel mission.  When twa elders refusit tae accept the Presbytery decision, thay war immediately suspendit.  As a affcome o thir dis-greeance wi the Presbytery, five o the seven session members, aw the Sunday Scuil teachers, an 60 members o the kirk-fowk withdrew fae the Doun Presbytery an the Presbyterian Kirk in Airlan.^[6]

Notes

1. As weil as foundin the Free Presbyterian Kirk, Paisley forby foundit the Democratic Unionist Party, awtho the Kirk isna officially linked, an DUP politicians arena necessarily Kirk members.