Aghalee Free Presbyterian Church
 

Rev. Cairin Salt Minister	Aghalee Free Presbyterian Church, opened in February 1999.

The church is in centre of the village of Aghalee.

Minister: Rev. Cairin Salt
Telephone: Telephone: 9261 9913

Church Services:
Lord's Day: 11.30am
Evangelistic Service: 6.30pm

Church web site: Free Presbyterian Church - Aghalee

Notice Board at Aghalee Free Presbyterian Church.

HISTORY

Aghalee Free Presbyterian Church, the first church to have been built with-in the village for hundreds of years, came into existence as an extension work of the Lisburn church. The Session and Committee of Lisburn was approached and offered a site and asked if they would consider commencing a work in the village. The proposal presented a great challenge to them, as they were soon to commence work on a new building in Lisburn. After much discussion and prayer, it became clear the Lord was leading them to accept this generous offer. On 17th October 1998, the Moderator Dr. Paisley, along with Dr. Douglas and Mr. Eric Graham were present to lay the foundation stones and work commenced on the building with some of the labour being given free of charge. Dr. Paisley officially opened the new building for the preaching of the Gospel on Saturday 27th February 1999, after which a two-week Gospel campaign commenced. On Monday 12th September 2005, in Lisburn Free Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Thomas Martin conducted a Service of Installation for the Rev. Cairin Salt, first minister in Aghalee Free Presbyterian Church.

Dromore Free Presbyterian Church
 

Rev. Ian Kenny Minister	Dromore Free Presbyterian Church, opened in September 1992.

Quillyburn, Banbridge Road, Dromore.

Minister: Rev. Ian Kenny
Telephone: 9269 2974

Lord's Day Services:
Morning Worship: 11.30am
Gospel Service: 7.00pm

Church web site: Free Presbyterian Church - Dromore
 

Notice Board at Dromore Free Presbyterian Church.

HISTORY

The first ever trace of a Free Presbyterian witness in Dromore was a Gospel Meeting conducted by Dr John Douglas who was then the minister of Moneyslane Free Presbyterian Church. This tent Mission, which lasted five weeks, took place in a field on Barban Hill in August 1969. In May 1975, an outreach work commenced in the town under the auspices of Banbridge Free Presbyterian Church. This was the result of a very successful Gospel Mission conducted by the Rev Fred Buick, who ministered in Banbridge at that time. Local believers continued the witness and on Sunday 6th July 1975 at 3.30pm the Dromore witness was founded when meetings commenced in the British Legion Hall in Princess Street, their home for the next four years and three months. On 22nd September 1979, a portable building erected at the Millturn, on the Banbridge Road, was opened by the Moderator, the Rev Dr Ian Paisley. This hall was to become the home of the Free Presbyterian Church in Dromore for some fourteen years and four months. In June 1980, the Rev David Priestly was placed in charge and later became the first ordained minister of the congregation. On Sunday 19th September 1982, Mr Aubrey Malcolmson, Mr Robert Skelton and Mr Irvine Dawson were ordained as the first elders. In 1991 agreement was reached with a landowner for the purchase of a one-acre site at Quillyburn. Although the area was zoned for industrial development permission was finally granted to build a church on the site. On Saturday 2nd October 1993, a stone laying ceremony was conducted with the Rev Dr Ian Paisley being the preacher. The Rev Fred Buick was installed in December 1993 and the present church was opened on Saturday 29th January 1994. Mr Buick concluded his ministry at Dromore in March 1995 and returned to Australia. The present minister, the Rev Ian Kenny, was installed in November 1996.

A book compiled by the Rev Ian Kenny gives a more detailed history of the church. To read the book online, click on: Dromore Free Presbyterian Church 25th Anniversary 1969-2004

Dromara Free Presbyterian Hall
 

Dromara Free Presbyterian Hall.

 

Rev. William McDermott Minister	Dromare Free Presbyterian Hall Elders and Committee. L to R: (front) Raymond Wright - Elder, the Rev. William McDermott and William Sterritt - Elder. (back) Committee Members - John Scott, Fergie Bingham and Clifford McBurney.

In Dromara Village.

Minister:        Rev. William McDermott
Telephone:     4065 0773

Services:  First Lord’s Day of each month at 3:30pm.

HISTORY

In 1948 the Rev. W. P. Nicholson opened Dromara Christian Workers’ Union Hall.  In the years that followed a great work was done in the preaching of the Gospel, in Sabbath School work, and in special conferences services.  Many especially recall the Boxing Day conferences when every seat was taken.  By 1998, however, numbers attending the Hall had declined, and those involved in the Hall felt the time had come to hand on the work to others.  An approach was made to the Kirk Session of Moneyslane Free Presbyterian Church, who agreed to take on the maintenance of the witness as an extension work from

Moneyslane. Since that time, work has been done on the repair of the building and a service has been held at 3:30pm on the first Lord’s Day of each month.  The minister of Moneyslane Free Presbyterian Church, the Rev. William McDermott, usually conducts this service, with help from visiting preachers from others areas.  In addition to the monthly afternoon services, several Gospel Missions have been conducted in the hall, and special services for the children of the area.

Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church
 

Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church, opened in September 1987.

 

 

Rev Gary Goodes  Minister

Minister: Rev Gary Goodes
Telephone: 9268 8446

Comber Road, Hillsborough.

Telephone Number: (028) 9267 0517

Lord's Day Services:
Morning Worship: 11.30am
Gospel Service: 7.00pm

Church Website:  Free Presbyterian Church - Hillsborough
 

Notice Board at Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church.

Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church elders pictured at the installation of the Rev Gary Goodes in November 2007. L to R: (seated) Trevor Hewitt (Treasurer), Rev Gary Goodes, David Williamson MBE (Clerk of Session) and Robert Murphy. (back row) Harold McKibben, Billy Foster, Desmond Wilson, Charlie Poots and Eric Spence.

HISTORY

HISTORY
Following a very successful Gospel Tent Mission in July 1966 conducted by the Rev. William Beattie, Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church was formed in September of that year and the first Sunday services were held in the old Edenticullo Band Hut on the Ballynahinch Road. A portable hall was constructed in March 1968. The Rev. Dr. Stanley Barnes was installed as the church’s first minister in in October 1972; previously they had two student ministers, Mr. Gordon Cooke and Mr. Ian McVeigh. Under Mr. Barnes’s leadership the church continued to grow and in June 1974 a new church building was opened. Thoughts of building a Sunday school complex were superseded by the idea of building a second church. Work commenced in March 1984 and the new church, which seats 750, was opened in September 1987.

After 35 years as minister of Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church, the Rev Dr Stanley Barnes preached his final services on Sunday 28th October 2007 and a farewell service marking his retirement was held on Tuesday 30th October.

The Rev Gary Goodes, formerly minister of Portavogie Free Presbyterian Church, was installed as the new minister of Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church at an Service of Installation on Thursday 29th November 2007.

Installation link

A book compiled by David G. Browne in 1987, gives a more detailed history of the church. To read the book online, click on: An Anniversary History 1966-1987. Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church.

Lisburn Free Presbyterian Church
 

Lisburn Free Presbyterian Church, opened in October 1972.

 

Rev. Thomas Martin Minister	Dr. John Douglas Senior Minister

 

Lisburn Free Presbyterian Church ministers and elders.  L to R: (front) Rev. Thomas Martin - Minister, Dr. John Douglas - Senior Minister.  (back row) Elders: Samuel Norton, Eric Graham - Clerk of Session, Noel Thompson and Samuel Collins. Missing from the photo: Danny Mannagh and James Anderson.

Windmere Road (off Knockmore Road), Lisburn.

Minister: Rev. Thomas Martin
Telephone: 9266 0786

Senior Minister: Dr. John Douglas

Lord's Day Services:
Morning Worship: 11.30am
Evening Worship: 7.00pm

Website: Free Presbyterian Church - Lisburn

HISTORY

Lisburn Free Presbyterian Church came into being after a Gospel Tent Mission conducted by the Rev. Ian Paisley and the Rev. William Beattie in June 1968. The large tent remained in position throughout the summer months with just an after Church rally being held in it. A portable hall was erected and opened for public worship in August 1968 and constituted on Saturday 12th October 1968. As the congregation grew there was a need for larger premises and the new church was opened on 21st October 1972.
Thomas Martin was brought up in difficult circumstances in Lurgan, in very turbulent days. He joined a proscribed organisation, was arrested, charged and sentenced to a lengthy prison term. It was in one of the most unlikely places, on the ‘non conforming protest’ in the Maze Prison that he was brought under deep conviction of sin and brought to know Jesus Christ as his own and personal Saviour. After his release from prison he trained for the ministry and was ordained and installed as co-pastor of Lisburn Free Presbyterian Church on Monday 7th December 1998.

Dunmurry Free Presbyterian Church
 

Dunmurry Free Presbyterian Church. The church was opened for worship on 2nd September 1978.	A young Rev. William Beattie pictured in 1978 conducting a service in a small hall on the Glenburn Road prior to the opening of the present church at Seymour Hill.

 

Rev Dr Fred Greenfield Minister	Church elders and committee members L to R: (seated) Robert Black (elder), Rev Dr Fred Greenfield and Robin Eccles (elder). (back row) Alan Wasson, Deryck Moore (elder) and Stephen Brown.

Seymour Hill, Dunmurry.

Minister: Rev Dr Fred Greenfield
Telephone: 92670517

Lord’s Day Services:
Morning Worship: 11:30 a.m.
Evening Worship: 7:00 p.m.

Website: www.freepres.org
 

Notice Board at Dunmurry Free Presbyterian Church.

HISTORY

In the late 1940’s and 1950’s God was using Dr. Ian Paisley in a most mighty way in Gospel campaigns. At that time many souls around Ulster were brought to Christ. Two of theses old-fashioned Missions were conducted in Lisburn Orange Hall and afterwards in Derriaghy Mission Hall.

A few brethren with a burden for souls including the late Tommy Dugan, who was Clerk of Session in Dunmurry in earlier days, met for prayer in an old cottage, now demolished, on the Mosside Road. A Gospel Mission was planned for Dunmurry on the site where the new Free Presbyterian Church would be opened in 1957. The Mission met with tremendous opposition. The prayer meeting in Brankin’s garage on Glenburn Road was stoned. Harry McComb recalls the opposition “the tent was slashed and the pulpit was smashed on a Saturday evening but on the Lord’s Day five souls were gloriously saved”.

The Church was formed and the Rev. David Leathem was the first Minister. He was followed by Rev. Alan Cairns, and when he accepted a call to the Cabra (Ballymoney) Church, the Rev. John Douglas was appointed to look after the congregation.

During the vacancy in October 1965 the Presbytery appointed Mr. William Beattie to be the student minister. Mr. Beattie was subsequently called and ordained in 1967. In 1966 the Rev. Brian Green from London was mightily used of God in a dual Mission – each evening he conducted a Children’s Mission prior to the main Mission, and many souls were saved.

Prior to 1957, meetings were held in a Band Hall at the rear of Dunmurry Inn. In 1957 the congregation moved to a small hall on the Glenburn Road and as can be seen from the photo of the congregation taken the following year, the meetings were very well attended with two buses bringing some members of the congregation from as far afield as Suffolk, Lenadoon and the Falls Road. The congregation subsequently outgrew the first building on Glenburn Road (now the Church of God), and the present Dunmurry Free Presbyterian Church at Seymour Hill was opened for worship on 2nd September 1978.

The Rev William Beattie retired from active ministry on 31st December 2005 and during the vacancy, the congregation was under the care of the Interim Moderator, the Rev Dr Stanley Barnes, minister of Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church. The Rev Dr Fred Greenfield, formerly of Newtownards Free Presbyterian Church, was installed on Thursday 25th January and commenced his ministry on Sunday 28th January.