In Scotland today, as in every other country in the world ... In Scotland the total communicant membership of all the churches in our national census in 1950 emerged as 58 per cent of the average ...

Grassic Gibbon - real name James Leslie Mitchell - grew up on nearby Bloomfield Farm, with his childhood in the Mearns ...

There are also concerns for churches across Scotland and the rest of the UK ... year to support faith buildings in every part of the country." ...