127, Manicktalla Street, Kolkata 700 006 : Sunday Worship Service Timing – 8:30 am.
The Duff Church was established in 1848 and named as Duff Church in 1910 in memory of Alexander Duff.
Alexander Duff was the first Scottish Missionary sent to India in 1830 by the Scotland’s General Assembly. As a missionary his immense contribution for various social reforms is worth remembering. The famous road in North Calcutta – ‘Duff Street’, the renowned Girls Higher Secondary School in North Calcutta –‘Duff School’ and the church on the Easter side of the famous swimming pool Hedua ‘Duff Church’ bears the name of Alexander Duff.
In those days there was only one church in Calcutta St. Andrews Church or Kirk for the Scottish Presbyterians (1815). When the Church of Scotland was divided in 1848, a Free Church of Scotland was established. Alexander Duff and some of his eminent co-workers joined the Free Church, for this they were ousted from St. Andrews Church. The believers felt the need of establishing a new church, thus a new church was established on 76, Wellesley Square, though much later in 1942, the Wellesley Church was clubbed with St, Andrews Church. Later the Church handed over to the Catholics. At present it is known as ‘Prabhu Jishu’ Girja of the Catholics. Mostly English speaking crowd worshipped at this church.
Alexander Duff was missionary with very unique vision. He believed in order to develop the people of the grassroots level one needs to mould the thoughts and actions of the cream of society. As a result of this thought, he greatly influenced the middle and upper-middle class sections of our society. He worked with highly intellectual, powerful and rich people, influenced them with his Christian ways and in turn worked magic with the Renascence and education boom in Bengal. At the same time he also continued his direct ministry with the poor and marginalised sections of our society.
St. Paul’s Cathedral(Between 1858 – 1861); St. Johns’ Church, Consecrated on 24 June 1787; Union Chapel(1821); St. Andrew’s Church(Opened for public worship on 8 March 1818); Calcutta Hill Christian Church; CNI Wesleyan Church; St. Stephen’s Church, Kidderpore, Consecrated in 1846); St. Thomas’ Church, Mirza Ghalib Street(Opened for public Worship on November 20th 1831); St. Barnabas’ Church, Consecrated on 23rd December’ 1867; St. James Church, Kolkata, Consecrated on 25th July 1864; St. Thomas’ Church, Howrah, Consecrated in 1832; St. Luke’s Church, Bosekati; Sadhu Sundar Singh Girja, Bankra; Christ Church, Liluah (Hindi); Christ Church, Liluah (Bengali); Church of the Epiphany, Established in 1863; Jibon Jyoti Upasanaloy; St. Bartholomew’s Church; St. Johns Church Nahazari; St. Peter’s Church, Inaugurated on 20th June, 1945; St. Nicholas Church; Oxford Mission Chapel; Prabhu Jishu Mandir (Geonkhali); St. Mary’s Church, Consecrated on 16th February, 1889; Duff Church, Established in 1848; Christ Church Kolkata, Dedicated in 1839; St. George’s Church; Dedicated on 1st January 1936; Holy Trinity Church, (Opened for public Worship in November,1826); Emmanuel Church, Krishnapur, Established in 1829; St. James’ Church Baranagar; Serampore Johnnagar Church founded in 1880; Chinsurah Church, founded in 1825; St. Saviour’s Hindi Church, built in 1449; St. Saviour’s Tamil Church, started functioning in 1860; Bhowanipore Congregational Church; Osmond Memorial Church, founded in 1868;