The Church of Invercargil

Although less in number than in The Netherlands, New Zealand also has many church buildings, and the majority are of the Protestant faith. For example, the city of Invercargil, which has now 60,000 inhabitants, was founded by the “Free Church of Scotland” who brought there shiploads of immigrants, well prepared and well-organized. This city was built at the river Waihopai, at the South Island, 224 kilometers south of the earlier founded city of Dunedin. Invercargil is well-known because of the...