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Holm of Balfron was a Secession church. Balfron Praying Societies first petitioned the Associate Presbytery in c 1737, a church was built in 1739 and the congregation received its first minister in 1742. At the Breach of 1747 most of the congregation followed their minister to the Associate Synod (Antiburgher), later General Associate Synod side. In 1820 the General Associate Synod united with the Associate Synod and the church became part of the United Secession Church. On the union of the United Secession Church with the Relief Church in 1847, Holm of Balfron became part of the United Presbyterian Church. Decline in population in the parish, mirrored by declining congregations, prompted the union of Holm of Balfron with Balfron United Presbyterian Church, the new church was called Balfron and Holm United Presbyterian Church. Holm was transferred from the Presbytery of Stirling to the Presbytery of Dumbarton for this purpose. The Kirk Session functioned in a similar way to Sessions of the Church of Scotland. Passed to the United Free Church, then to the Church of Scotland; name changed to Balfron South. |