Ballinderry Presbyterian Church

History

The first Presbyterian congregation in the area was at Glenavy, where Matthew Haltridge was ordained and installed in 1674. Ballinderry became a separate congregation in 1713, drawing its members from Glenavy and Moira, although it was 1724 before the first minister, John Hasty, was ordained.

The congregation was united with Moira in 1929, and Robert George McFarland was installed in March 1929 as the first minister of the united charge. The union with Moira was ended in October 2000.

The building

A church hall was built in the early 1950s and a second church hall was opened in March 1990. An extension added in 2000 linked the new church hall to the Stables Hall. A further extension to the minister's room was opened in May 2005.