Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria
The Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, also known as the Free Church of Australia Felix, was an Australian Presbyterian denomination founded in Melbourne, Victoria in 1846 as a result of the Disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland.
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Calvinist |
Polity | Presbyterian |
Associations | Joined with the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia in 1953 |
Founder | James Forbes |
Origin | 1846 Melbourne, Victoria |
Separated from | Church of Scotland |
Separations | 1859 Majority joined Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
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