We are the Dundee congregation of the Associated Presbyterian Churches, or the APC as we are better known in Scotland.

The APC originated in 1989 when nearly half of the ministers in the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland left over the Free Presbyterian Church's failure to practise two of the chapters in the Westminster Confession of Faith, viz Liberty of Conscience (chapter 20) and the Communion of Saints (chapter 26).

Our supreme standard is not the Westminster Confession of Faith, but the Holy Scriptures – the Old and New Testaments. The Westminster Confession of Faith is our subordinate standard.

We regret and disapprove of schism in the Church of Christ but believe there can be occasions when separation is necessary. We seek and have fellowship with believers from all Christian denominations, while holding to our own private convictions about truth and righteousness.

We sing only the Psalms of David at our worship services and there is no ruling on versions, although the King James and the New King James are mostly used. We also use the updated version of the Psalms of David for singing in public worship.

We have currently eight fully ordained ministers in charges throughout Scotland and one missionary and two fully ordained ministers in Canada. There is only one Scottish Presbytery, and three congregations in Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton). There is a great need to extend the work in all our congregations.

The denomination publishes a magazine called ‘The APC News’ and our pastor Donald C Macaskill, is the editor. It is in A5 size, 24pp plus cover, and appears six times per year, on a bi-monthly basis.

There are four developments which our office-bearers have been largely responsible for in the larger and wider work of the church. One is the Blythswood Charity, (Christian Care for body and Soul) which operates a fleet of trucks delivering goods to third world countries. Tracts and books are also distributed and the organisation originated through the late Revd John W Ross who was our pastor in Lochcarron until his death in March 2002. This organisation has expanded greatly in the last ten years under the leadership of Mr Ross. Another development is the expansion of the publishing company Christian Focus Publications. The managing director is William MacKenzie in our Inverness congregation and his co-directors are office-bearers in other congregations. William is well-known at home and abroad among authors and publishers. The third development from our office-bearers is the Highland Theological College a faculty of the new University of the Highlands & Islands. Revd Alexander Murray of our Lairg congregation is the Chairman of both the Trustees and Board of Governors, and has played a large part in the emergence of the Christian college. The 'Murray Building' at its headquarters in Dingwall is named after Revd Murray in honour of his work in the HTC project. The fourth development is the Pregnancy Crisis Centre in Inverness, which has been started on the return to Scotland of Revd Dr Malcolm MacInnes (pastor of our Inverness congregation) and his wife Catherine (a sister of Revd J W Ross), who ran such a centre in Toronto in Canada. This Centre provides counselling to those in crisis over a pregnancy, as well as to those suffering from post-abortion stress. It also provides practical help.