Southwick Church near Dumfries is at the centre of a disagreement.
The Church of Scotland is at the centre of a disagreement over the proposed closure of Southwick Church .Local minister Reverend John Murdoch and the congregation had asked for a rethink but their case was rejected.
He told Media Scotland: “I find it extraordinary, in an age when we are encouraged to talk to each other, that the team didn’t think it important to come and talk to us, or even lift the phone. He said: “I came here on the firm understanding that I was minister of one congregation which meets in two places.
He added: “There are growing numbers of people who come to Southwick every Sunday – 30 to 40 people in a country church is a lovely congregation. “But now, with no consultation with the congregation, the Presbytery of the South West has decided that this delightful place of worship is to be abandoned.“It seems as though a random high-level decision has not taken any account of the local situation.”
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