The Free Church of Scotland is set to plant Hope Church, Leith in Edinburgh. Rev Derek Lamont will lead the church-planting work, moving on from 23 years of ministry at St Columba’s Free Church.
Hope Church Leith will be the fifth church to have been planted from St Columba’s and will see Derek become the leader of a church-plant for the first time. Alongside his wife Catriona, they will begin the work with some funding to buy a manse, as well as the Leith Memorial Church building already there (following it's recent closure), albeit needing renovations. But they know they will need the Lord’s provision to help raise further funds, as they look to start building up the congregation.
Derek, 60, spoke about feeling the Lord’s calling to this work, and about the immediate priorities as they begin to serve him in Leith: ‘Leith is a diverse and densely populated area of the city with its own unique character. We are excited to share the good news of God’s grace, forgiveness, and hope with all whom we will come to know and love there.
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