In General
We have 30 churches within our geographically large Presbytery, grouped into 20 pastoral charges. Within our churches, is included one of the first Co-Operative Ministries within the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Central Grey-Bruce Presbyterian Cooperative Ministry, comprised of 4 churches: Geneva, Chesley; St Andrews, Southampton; St Andrews, Chatsworth; And Latona, Dornoch.
We are a geographically large Presbytery, stretching:
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- 144 Km north to south-east (Knox Stokes Bay to Camp Kintail north of Goderich, a 1 hr. 54 min. drive according to Google Maps); and
- 150 Km south-east to north-east (Camp Kintail to St. Paul’s Thornbury, a 1 hr. 51 min. drive)
Our Churches and Pastoral Charges
Listed by Pastoral Charge type (largest to smallest), and then by church location, alphabetically by city, town or village.
One Co-Operative: Central Grey-Bruce Co-Operative FaceBook – Rev. Dr. Randy Benson
One 3-Point Charge – Rev. Peggy Kipfer (IM)
Five 2-Point Charges
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- Feversham – Burns PC – Rev. James Wyllie (SS) & Rev. Scott Sinclair (IM)
- Markdale – Cooke’s PC
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- Lucknow – Lucknow PC Website – Rev. Robert Royal
- South Kinloss – South Kinloss PC Website
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- Teeswater – Knox PC FaceBook – Rev. Carel Grundlingh (IM)
- Kinlough – Kinlough PC FaceBook
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- Port Elgin – Tolmie PC Website FaceBook – Rev. Dan West (IM)
- Burgoyne – Knox PC FaceBook
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- Wingham – St. Andrew’s PC Website FaceBook – Rev. Carel Grundlingh
- Belmore – Knox PC
Thirteen Single Point Charges
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- Durham – Durham PC Website – Rev. Dr. Will Basson
- Hanover – St. Andrew’s PC Website FaceBook – Rev. Dan West (IM)
- Kincardine – Knox PC Website FaceBook – Rev. Dan West
- Meaford – Knox PC Website FaceBook – Rev. Anne-Marie Jones
- Owen Sound – St. Andrew’s PC Website FaceBook – Rev. Dr. Ed Hoekstra
- Paisley – Westminster PC Website – Jim Gowan (LM) – Rev. Dr. Randy Benson (IM)
- Stokes Bay – Knox PC History – Rev. Dan West (IM)
- Swinton Park – St. Andrew’s PC – Rev. Anne-Marie Jones (IM)
- Tara – Cornerstone PC Website – Jim Gowan (LM) – Rev. Dr. Randy Benson (IM)
- Thornbury – St. Paul’s PC Website – Rev. Dr. Johan Ries
- Tiverton – Knox PC Website FaceBook – Rev. Richard Warne
- Walkerton – Knox PC Website FaceBook – Rev. Robert Royal (IM)
- Wiarton – St. Paul’s PC Website – Rev. Dr. Ed Hoekstra (IM)
IM = Interim Moderator, SS = Stated Supply, LM = Lay Ministry
In Memoriam
Churches closed and Congregations Dissolved since 1949
Gone but not forgotten – Missed & Fondly Remembered
Listed by dated closed.
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- Dunblane Presbyterian Church – Closed 1968 – Now a Historical Site – See Other Facilities page
- Lke Charles- Lake Charles PC – Closed 1949, Decommissioned Oct. 28, 2018
- Allenford – St. Andrew’s PC – Closed Oct. 26, 2008
- Bluevale – Knox PC – Closed Oct. 16, 2011
- Whitechurch – Chalmers PC – Closed Jun. 12, 2016
- Ashfield – Ashfield PC – Closed Oct. 14, 2018
- Dundalk – Erskine PC – Closed Jun. 23, 2019
- Ripley – Knox PC – Closed Oct. 20, 2019
- Glammis – St.. Paul’s PC – Closed Nov. 17, 2019
- Priceville – St. Andrew’s PC – Closed Sep. 30, 2023