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The congregation of Greenock Sir Michael Street Relief Church, which sat within the Presbytery of Greenock, was first established in 1806 following the presentation of a petition to the Relief Presbytery of Glasgow, signed by the chairman of a recent meeting of Greenock residents, requesting that they be provided with sermon. Accordingly the Rev Stewart Anderson was appointed to preach to the petitioning group, and a church was erected to house the newly established congregation in 1807, at a cost of £2400. Due to an increase in the population of Greenock, Sir Michael Street Relief congregation grew rapidly and in 1808 William Auld, the first minister of the charge, was inducted. In 1847 Greenock Sir Michael Relief Church became part of the United Presbyterian Church and in 1854 a new church was erected on the old site. Following the union between the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland, Greenock Sir Michael Street United Presbyterian became Greenock Sir Michael Street United Free Church, and upon the 1929 union between the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland, Sir Michael Street United Free became Sir Michael Street Church of Scotland. In 1949 Greenock Sir Michael Street was joined with the congregation of Greenock Union Street to form the charge of Greenock the Union. After this local union the former Union Street church continued in use as the place of worship and further union followed in 1992 with the charge of Greenock St Andrew's, under the name of Greenock Ardgowan. The united congregation of Greenock Ardgowan sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Greenock. |