Where do our Roots lie?

Our roots go back to seventeenth century Scotland where various successive kings sought to take control of the Scottish Church by proclaiming themselves to be its head.

A body of Christians who became known as Covenanters refused to acknowledge the king as head of the Church, believing that this role belongs to Christ alone. They were persecuted for their loyalty to Jesus and many of them came to the North of Ireland where they settled and established congregations under the title of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland.

Today there are still a couple of Reformed Presbyterian Churches in Scotland. We have churches also in North America, Australia, Japan and Cyprus and Reformed Presbyterians are active in mission work in France and in Sudan. Within the island of Ireland we have 39 locations where people meet regularly for worship, seven of them being in the Republic of Ireland.

For more information go to the RPC Homepage