{"id":18,"date":"2024-06-26T18:50:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T17:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2024-06-26T19:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T18:39:42","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The congregation of Baillieston St Andrew&#8217;s was established in November 1966, by the union of the Baillieston Old Parish and Rhinsdale Churches.<\/p>\n<p>Baillieston Parish Church opened on 7 July 1833 and was located in Church Street. Rhinsdale Church was opened in March 1862 within a school building in Fauldshill<\/p>\n<p>When the two churches were united 1966 it was agreed that the church was too small and that a larger building was required.<\/p>\n<p>The money for the building of the new church was raised by a lengthy period of sustained fundraising by the congregation of the newly formed Baillieston St Andrews church.<\/p>\n<p>The new church building was dedicated in December 1974. This building is where we still meet today.<\/p>\n<p>Today Baillieston St Andrews is a vibrant hub within Baillieston with lots of activities for everyone within the community as well as for the members of the congregation.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, St Andrews became a linked charge with Baillieston Mure Memorial<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Ministers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vacant (2022-2024)<\/li>\n<li>Interim Minister &#8211; Rev Sandra Black (2019-2022)<\/li>\n<li>Vacant (2017-2019)<\/li>\n<li>Rev Malcom Cuthbertson (2013-2017)<\/li>\n<li>Vacant (2011-2013)<\/li>\n<li>Rev Alisdair T MacLeod-Mair (2007\u20132011)<\/li>\n<li>Vacant (2006-2007)<\/li>\n<li>Rev Robert Gehrke (2001\u20132006)<\/li>\n<li>Vacant\u00a0(2000\u20132001)<\/li>\n<li>Rev Tom C Houston (1980\u20132000)<\/li>\n<li>Rev J.J.C. Owen (1967\u20131979)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The congregation of Baillieston St Andrew&#8217;s was established in November 1966, by the union of the Baillieston Old Parish and Rhinsdale Churches. Baillieston Parish Church opened on 7 July 1833 and was located in Church Street. Rhinsdale Church was opened &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/?page_id=18\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3232,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}