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Free churches

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Free churches. Churches free from state control; specifically, the Protestant churches of England and Wales other than the established church. The Free Church of Scotland separated from the Church of Scotland at the Disruption (1843). A minority, the ‘Wee Frees’, did not take part in the subsequent union which formed the United Free Church of Scotland (1900) and has survived as an independent body with 21,000 members (1980), mostly in the N. and NW of Scotland.

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Free Churches

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Free Churches; Free Spirit, Brethren of the. See NONCONFORMITY; BRETHREN OF THE FREE SPIRIT.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Free Churches." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Free Churches." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-FreeChurches.html

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Free Church at war over control of [pounds sterling]100m; Congregations in... Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 10/13/2004
	The Second Disruption: the Free Church in Victorian Scotland and the Origins... Magazine article from: Albion; 12/22/2002
	The Free Church and the Early Church: Bridging the Historical and Theological... Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 2/1/2005