Free Church of Scotland (since 1900)

Free Church of Scotland
ClassificationChristian
OrientationProtestant
TheologyCalvinism
PolityPresbyterian
ModeratorRev. Callum Macleod
Associations
RegionScotland and North America
HeadquartersEdinburgh
Origin1843
Branched fromChurch of Scotland
SeparationsFree Church of Scotland (Continuing) (separated 2000)
Congregationscirca 111 (details)
Members(Average attendance:) 8,000
5,400 communicant members
Ministerscirca 60
Official websitefreechurch.org

The Free Church of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Shaor; Scots: Free Kirk o Scotland) is a conservative evangelical Calvinist denomination in Scotland. It is the continuation of the original Free Church of Scotland that remained outside the union with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1900, and remains a distinct Presbyterian denomination in Scotland.

From 1900, when the majority of the Free Church joined the United Presbyterians to form the United Free Church, The Free Church became known, pejoratively, as "The Wee Frees", even though, in 21st century Scotland, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination after the Church of Scotland. As this term was originally used in comparing the Free Church unfavourably with the United Free Church, the Free Church of Scotland now deprecates its use.