The United Free Church of Scotland (U.F. Church; Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (or U.P.) and the Free Church of Scotland. The majority of which united with the Church of Scotland in 1929.
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