Tour Scotland photograph of the Reverend Ebenezer Erskine statue in the old graveyard cemetery in Stirling, Scotland. Holy Rude Church minister inducted in 1731. Ebenezer Erskine, born 22 June 1680, died 2 June 1754, was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church, formed by dissenters from the Church of Scotland. Ebenezer's father, Henry Erskine, served as minister at Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, but was ejected in 1662 under the Act of Uniformity. and imprisoned for several years. Ebenezer and his brother Ralph were both born during this difficult period in their father's life. After the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Henry was appointed to the parish of Chirnside, Berwickshire. In 1703, after studying at the University of Edinburgh, Ebenezer was ordained as minister of Portmoak, Perthshire. A year later, he married Alison Turpie. They remained in Portmoak for 28 years, until, in the autumn of 1731, he moved to the West Church, Stirling. In the United States, part of the Associate Presbyterian Church united with most of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1782, forming the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. This denomination, which continues today, operates Erskine College and Seminary in Due West, South Carolina.
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