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The congregation of Monzie Free Church, which sat within the Presbytery of Auchterarder, was established in 1843 when the minister and the majority of the population of the parish of Monzie adhered to the Free Church. Monzie Free Church initially worshipped in the open air until a wooden church was built in August 1843, this meeting house was later replaced by a new church, erected and opened in 1869. Following the union of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, Monzie Free Church became Monzie United Free Church and upon the 1929 union between the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland, Monzie United Free Church was renamed Monzie North Church of Scotland. In 1938 Monzie North established a union with the congregation of Monzie Old, under the name of Monzie Church of Scotland and after this local union both churches were used during alternate months for seven years, at which time the Old Church was chosen as the place of worship. The former South Church was sold in 1953. In 1961 Monzie established a link with the charge of Fowlis Wester and a further link followed in 1984 with the congregation of Madderty. The linked charge of Monzie Church of Scotland sits under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Perth. |