Let’s go back to 13th July 1982 and to Elm Street, Low Blantyre. This photo shows the construction of the Nazarene Church. Pictured in similar construction materials to St Andrews Church, Devlin Grove and the Sports Centre, the church replaced the previous timber hut, which was no longer fit for purpose. With its rathe unique […]
More previously unseen photos online, thanks to George Hay. After many years of meeting in the old Nazarene Church (hut), a new church, on Elm Street, was built for the congregation there and officially opened by Mrs. Janet Mackie and dedicated on Sunday 24th October 1982. These photos show the church shortly after in […]
After many years of the congregation meeting in the old Nazarene Church (hut) in Elm Street and following problems with dampness, it eventually burned down in 1980. A new church, was built on the opposite side of Elm Street and officially opened by Mrs. Janet Mackie. It was dedicated on Sunday 24th October 1982. For […]
In Spring 1979, the Nazarene Church (the first one) on Elm Street was constantly broken into and 2 organs were stolen. Right through that month, a systematic campaign of vandalism by youths saw the church decline rapidly. By the end of March 1979, an announcement was made that the Church was to be demolished. […]
Nazarene Church The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th-century Holiness movement in North America around 1907. The Holiness work in Blantyre began in March 1907, the following year the American movement commenced. It was originally called the ‘Blantyre Holiness Mission’ but changed name in 1910 […]
Pastor Leslie Roberts was a former Pastor at the Nazarene Church in Elm Street. Originally from Ikleston, Derbyshire, England, Leslie was a wrestler before he found the clergy. His grandson David Thomson commented, “He was an strong as an ox and used to bend 6 inch nails with his bare hands!” Leslie was in Blantyre […]