Baptist Chapel, East Green, Anstruther Easter

Baptist Chapel, East Green, Anstruther Easter

The church was formed following a visit to the town by James Haldane in 1812, and meetings were held thereafter in the building known as the Tabernacle. In 1839 the congregation split into two sects (Baptists and Paedo-Baptists), who shared the building until 1860 when the Baptists they moved into a new chapel on the East Green. It had seating for 220 people, and was enlarged with a further 120 seats in 1882. In 2003 a union between the Baptist congregations at Pittenweem and Anstruther formed what is now known as the Coastline Community Church. They moved in new premises in Pittenweem, and the chapel in Anstruther is no longer in use.

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(1) George Yuille, History of the Baptists in Scotland from Pre-Reformation Times (Glasgow, 1926), pp. 141-143. (2) David W Bebbington, ed, The Baptists in Scotland. A History (Glasgow, 1988), p. 220. (3) George Gourlay, Anstruther, or, Illustrations of Scottish burgh life (1st published, Cupar, 1888, 2nd edition, Anstruther, 2003).

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Baptist Chapel, East Green, Anstruther Easter

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