|
Admin
history |
The Fifth Charge of Dundee opened on 16 May 1789 and was named The Steeple Church. The charge's place of worship was the church on the site of the medieval St Mary's Church. The church was a collegiate church under the General Kirk Session of Dundee. On 3 December 1834 the parish of St Clement's was disjoined from St Mary's and The Steeple church was renamed St Clement's (Steeple) church and met in the medieval building near to City Square. Following the union of St Clement's (Steeple) with St Enoch's in 1963 to form the new church of The Steeple, the St Clement's (Steeple) building was retained as the place of worship. The charge continued to use St Enoch's church for the first year while reconstruction work was carried out to St Clement's (Steeple) church. In 1964 the congregation moved into the former St Clement's (Steeple) church building and St Enoch's was demolished. It finally united with Old St Paul's and St David's and Wishart Memorial Church on 12 October 1978, still to be known as The Steeple.
The Steeple church is in the Presbytery of Dundee, which was in the synod of Angus and Mearns until the abolition of synods in 1992. |