Charlotte Chapel

Charlotte Chapel is a bible-believing, Gospel-centred church family, made up of people from all walks of life. They meet on Shandwick Place, central Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It is an independent Baptist church, and is happily part of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. HistoryThe church was established in January 1808, when Christopher Anderson, a young Edinburgh businessman, began evangelical work in the Pleasance area of the city. By 1816 his Pleasance church was too small and he bought Charlotte Chapel, recently vacated by a Qualified congregation which had joined the Scottish Episcopal Church and then moved to St John's Church, on Princes Street. This original two-storeyed building seated 750. Anderson was pastor until 1851 and membership peaked at 232 in 1873, although many more attended services. Membership began to fall due mainly to emigration, and by 1901 the church had no minister and only a small congregation. Joseph Kemp, of Hawick, who was appointed pastor, began a revival, holding open-air meetings in Princes Street. Membership rose once more and in 1907 plans for a new building were prepared. The Rose Street church building was built at a cost of £7, 250 and opened in 1912 with seating for exactly 1000. In 2008 during the latter part of pastor Peter Grainger's tenure, the church held its 200th anniversary celebrations over the course of an extended weekend in October which included a large cèilidh at an area school, a formal luncheon at the Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh), and a concert by modern Christian hymn writers Kristen and Keith Getty.

Charlotte Chapel is a bible-believing, Gospel-centred church family, made up of people from all walks of life. They meet on Shandwick Place, central Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It is an independent Baptist church, and is happily part of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. HistoryThe church was established in January 1808, when Christopher Anderson, a young Edinburgh businessman, began evangelical work in the Pleasance area of the city. By 1816 his Pleasance church was too small and he bought Charlotte Chapel, recently vacated by a Qualified congregation which had joined the Scottish Episcopal Church and then moved to St John's Church, on Princes Street. This original two-storeyed building seated 750. Anderson was pastor until 1851 and membership peaked at 232 in 1873, although many more attended services. Membership began to fall due mainly to emigration, and by 1901 the church had no minister and only a small congregation. Joseph Kemp, of Hawick, who was appointed pastor, began a revival, holding open-air meetings in Princes Street. Membership rose once more and in 1907 plans for a new building were prepared. The Rose Street church building was built at a cost of £7, 250 and opened in 1912 with seating for exactly 1000. In 2008 during the latter part of pastor Peter Grainger's tenure, the church held its 200th anniversary celebrations over the course of an extended weekend in October which included a large cèilidh at an area school, a formal luncheon at the Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh), and a concert by modern Christian hymn writers Kristen and Keith Getty.