St George's-Tron Church
From Glasgow
About the Building and History
The St George's-Tron Church in Glasgow, Scotland, commonly known simply as "The Tron", is a Church of Scotland parish church in Glasgow's city centre, located in Nelson Mandela Place near Queen Street Station.
The building, which was designed by William Stark, was opened in 1808, originally as St. George's Parish Church.
A notable minister of the parish was Tom Allan, a key figure in the Scottish evangelical movement of the mid-20th century. Since then, a succession of ministers have built up the church by carefully explaining the life-changing word of God. So today the congregation is noted for being on the evangelical wing of the Church, and is looking to develop its mission and activities for the current generation.
Right on the busiest shopping street in the UK (above Oxford Street, London) the building is a significant presence, and the oldest in the area. It's open 12-2pm Tuesday-Friday most weeks, and 2-4pm on Saturdays.
About the Church Family Now
We are a congregation reflecting a gospel that unites all together as one in Christ Jesus—students, young workers, families and older saints from many nationalities and all walks of life.
On Sundays we major on Bible teaching, so that the whole church family can be ‘equipped for the work of ministry’ (Eph 4:12), and on Wednesdays the 30 minute service reaches city workers and shoppers. We have other opportunities for investigating what Christians believe, and training and serving as a Christian in Christianity Explored, City-Wide Small Groups, Internationals events, and Release the Word, a new Bible training programme for students and young workers (Thursday evenings over food).
We're also working on redeveloping our building in central Glasgow to make it more useful for our Christian mission here in the 21st Century.
