The congregation 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 purchased Charlotte Chapel. The chapel was recently vacated by a Qualified congregation which had joined the Scottish Episcopal Church and then moved to St John's Church, on Princes Street. The original two-storey building seated 750 attendants. 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 attendants.
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. These celebrations included a large cèilidh at an area school, a formal luncheon at the Assembly Rooms on George Street, and a concert by modern hymn writers Keith & Kristyn Getty.
During the bicentennial, the church also saw many former members return and guest ministers visit, such as James Moser, Derek Prime, and American-based radio pastor Alistair Begg. Begg, a native of Scotland, was formerly "Pastor's Assistant" to Prime at Charlotte Chapel, beginning in September 1975. He returned to lead the 2008 celebrations, preaching at both the Sunday morning and evening services at the church's former Rose Street location. In addition, a scholarly book exploring the church's history and concluding with the 200th anniversary was later written by "honorary elder and former secretary" Dr. Ian L.S. Balfour entitled Revival in Rose Street: A history of Charlotte Baptist Chapel, Edinburgh.
Buildingedit
In 2013, the St George's West Church (Church of Scotland) closed the building. In May 2016, Charlotte Chapel moved to the redundant St. George's West Church at 58 Shandwick Place.
Referencesedit
Revival in Rose Street: A history of Charlotte Baptist Chapel, Edinburgh, Edinburgh: Unknown, 2008, ISBN9781904429111
charlotte, chapel, edinburgh, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, charlotte, chapel, edinburgh, news, ne. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Charlotte Chapel Edinburgh news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Charlotte Chapel officially Charlotte Baptist Chapel is an evangelical Baptist church located in Shandwick Place Edinburgh Scotland It is affiliated with the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches and the Pillar Network The building that was once known as St George s West where the church family of Charlotte Chapel now meet Contents 1 History 2 Building 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp The chapel s logoThe congregation 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 purchased Charlotte Chapel The chapel was recently vacated by a Qualified congregation which had joined the Scottish Episcopal Church and then moved to St John s Church on Princes Street The original two storey building seated 750 attendants 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 attendants nbsp Assembly Rooms Edinburgh site of the chapel s Bicentenary Luncheon 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 These celebrations included a large ceilidh at an area school a formal luncheon at the Assembly Rooms on George Street and a concert by modern hymn writers Keith amp Kristyn Getty During the bicentennial the church also saw many former members return and guest ministers visit such as James Moser Derek Prime and American based radio pastor Alistair Begg Begg a native of Scotland was formerly Pastor s Assistant to Prime at Charlotte Chapel beginning in September 1975 He returned to lead the 2008 celebrations preaching at both the Sunday morning and evening services at the church s former Rose Street location In addition a scholarly book exploring the church s history and concluding with the 200th anniversary was later written by honorary elder and former secretary Dr Ian L S Balfour entitled Revival in Rose Street A history of Charlotte Baptist Chapel Edinburgh Building editIn 2013 the St George s West Church Church of Scotland closed the building In May 2016 Charlotte Chapel moved to the redundant St George s West Church at 58 Shandwick Place References editRevival in Rose Street A history of Charlotte Baptist Chapel Edinburgh Edinburgh Unknown 2008 ISBN 9781904429111External links editCharlotte Chapel Official website 55 57 5 N 3 12 18 W 55 95139 N 3 20500 W 55 95139 3 20500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charlotte Chapel Edinburgh amp oldid 1180558981, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
