Rev David P Munro	Rev Keith T Blackwood	Rev Dr Ian McEwan

It was in the early 1970's that the congregation of Bearsden North first recognised the potential value of relocating the congregation to a site and building in the growing area of Baljaffray.

Practical difficulties prevented fulfilment of this plan, but in April 1980 the congregation, led by their minister the Rev. David Munro, opened a Hall in Baljaffray which became home to a number of community organisations as well as to the occasional service of worship.

The years passed and in 1993 the congregation, with support from the Church of Scotland, finished building a church on the site of the Hall, at the heart of expanding Baljaffray. This building was officially opened on 25th. August and as the Church Centre it provided regular Sunday Services for thirteen years until, on 27th August 2006, the growing Baljaffray congregation became a Parish Church in its own right.

For three months the new church was part of a Linkage with its sister congregation of Bearsden North, but this was severed on 3rd December, when the Rev. Keith Blackwood surrendered responsibility for the mother church to the Rev. John Harris, minister of Bearsden South Parish Church, which on the same date became merged with the North Church under the new name of Bearsden Cross Parish Church.

Thanks to the vision and dedication of the members of the North Church over many years, and particularly of the Rev. David Munro and the Rev. Keith Blackwood, we have reached an exciting point in the history of the Church of Scotland in our community.

We have been very fortunate in securing the Rev Dr Ian McEwan as our new minister, and look forward to a bright future under his leadership.