About Us
Although our church is in the middle of the City our folk come from all over the city and some beyond.
You will find us a friendly and welcoming fellowship where you will quickly be made to feel at home. We have a variety of ages attending with lots of young folk from 0 to young teens.
Our worship is a mix of traditional and modern. Three of our members are ordained ministers who share the preaching with our pastor Mr Gary Smith.
Some of our members came as students and stayed on and now have families of their own.
The church is currently being used by the Bethany Trust to provide food and sleeping facilities to homeless persons in and around Aberdeen.
A History of Crown Terrace Baptist Church
Crown Terrace was formally constituted in 1839, the first Baptist Church in Aberdeen, although the church actually first began in 1821 when John Gilmore, a student of the Baptist Education Society came to Aberdeen at the beginning of that year with a view to exploring the position and the possibility of establishing a Baptist Church.
Later in the year he was invited by a group of 13 men and women to become their pastor and they began to look for ground on which to build a Chapel. A chapel was built in Union Terrace but the church later moved to a new chapel in John Street which served for the next 40 years.
Then in 1989 a history of the next 50 years was completed which is available here.
A booklet was also produced in 1970 on the centenary of the building. It makes interesting reading in light of the recent alterations we have made to the building. It is also available here.
Church Constitutions
A copy of the current constitution is available here.
The original constitution from 1839 is available here.
- 1 Crown Terrace
- Aberdeen
- AB11 6HE