Worldwide Anglican Update
Scottish Anglican Network: contending & learning
St. Thomas’ Church, Edinburgh, has a long history as an evangelical congregation.
The Revd David McCarthy, vicar of St Thomas’, Costorphine, Edinburgh
It was founded in 1844 as an Independent Anglican Church, following the introduction of the Oxford Movement to the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC). It gradually grew closer to SEC from the 1940s onward. Rectors have included George Duncan, Gordon Bridger (later of Oak Hill College), John Wesson (later of Trinity College, Bristol) and Philip Hacking (later of Christ Church Fulwood, Sheffield).
