Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria

Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationCalvinist
PolityPresbyterian
AssociationsJoined with the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia in 1953
FounderJames Forbes
Origin1846
Melbourne, Victoria
Separated fromChurch of Scotland
Separations1859 Majority joined 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.

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