'And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain'

 

 

 

 

 

Cross Free Church was built in 1892.  It is one of the largest churches in the Western Isles, able to seat 1400 people in comfort, although in 1968 it was reported to have held 2000 people at an induction.  According to tradition, when Rev Duncan Macbeath first took the proposed plan to Presbytery, it was accepted with the proviso that the building be made ten feet shorter - even so, the church is so large that it can contain Back Free Church within its walls.  Built by the contractor James Macrae from Stornoway, the church was constructed from rock quarried from Druim a'Fhraoich, North Dell in Ness.

 

Today, Cross Free Church is a listed building.  After more than a century, it is still maintained in a good state of repair, with long standing water-ingress problems at the bell tower having now been amended.  A multi-purpose hall is now attached to the main church building, which is used for prayer meetings, Sunday School and Youth Fellowship, in addition to smaller services.