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The congregation of Methven Free Church, which sat within the Free Presbytery of Perth, was organised a short time after the Disruption in 1843. The establishment of the Free Church charge was opposed by the minister of the parish, the laird, and also the school teacher, and consequently difficulty was experienced when attempts were made to secure a site upon which a church could be built. An area of land however was obtained from a small village proprietor and a church and manse were erected. Following the union between the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, Methven Free Church was renamed Methven Culdees United Free Church and in 1907 Methven Culdees United Free was joined with the congregation of Methven North United Free, under the name of Methven United Free Church. Upon the 1929 union between the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland, Methven United Free became Methven East Church of Scotland and further union followed in 1930 with the parish church congregation of Methven, under the name of Methven Church of Scotland. After the local union the former East Church and Manse were sold. In 1979 Methven Church of Scotland was linked with the congregation of Gask and in 1995 the linked charge united with Logiealmond to form the session of Methven and Logiealmond Church of Scotland. Methven and Logiealmond Church of Scotland sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Perth. |