But 25 ministers and their congregations (mainly from the west highlands and the islands but with support in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh) refused to go into the UnitedFreeChurch.
The FreeChurch claimed then (just as those who have recently left the FreeChurch have claimed) that they were the true FreeChurch and that the property and funds of the FreeChurch should belong to them and not go into the UnitedFreeChurch.
That the United Presbyterian Church was too liberal in theology and that by uniting with the United Presbyterian Church, those from the FreeChurch who entered the unitedchurch were betraying their principles.