Editing Arbroath (section)

=== Other congregations ===
[[File:Arbroath, St Thomas Of Canterbury R.C. Church.jpg|thumb|St Thomas Of Canterbury]]
There is an [[Scottish Episcopal Church|Episcopalian]] congregation based at [[Church of St Mary the Virgin, Arbroath|St Mary the Virgin Church]] in Springfield Terrace. The minister is Rev. Peter Mead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arbroath, St Mary the Virgin |url=http://www.thedioceseofbrechin.org/churches/entry/arbroath-st-mary-the-virgin |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=The Diocese of Brechin}}</ref> St Mary's Church evolved from a meeting house set up in 1694 by Episcopalians forced out of Arbroath Parish Church. The present church building dates from 1854.<ref name="Records of St. Mary's">{{Cite web |title=Records of St. Mary's Church, Arbroath. |url=http://134.36.1.31/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=((text)='worshipped') |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602062646/http://134.36.1.31/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=((text)='worshipped') |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 June 2013 |work=Archive Services Online Catalogue |publisher=[[University of Dundee]] |access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref> The Scottish Episcopal Church in Arbroath is part of the [[Diocese of Brechin (Episcopalian)|Diocese of Brechin]].

St Thomas of Canterbury [[Roman Catholic Church in Scotland|Roman Catholic Church]] is in Dishlandtown Street. The church opened in 1848 and has distinctive twin octagonal and crenellated front towers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Thomas of Canterbury RC Church, Arbroath |url=http://www.angus.gov.uk/doorsopen/arb-stthomas-rcchurch.htm |publisher=[[Angus Council]] |date=8 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618234150/http://www.angus.gov.uk/doorsopen/arb-stthomas-rcchurch.htm |archive-date=18 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Arbroath |url=http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4500/name/St+Thomas+of+Canterbury+Church,+Arbroath+Arbroath+and+St+Vigeans+Tayside |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531041749/http://scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4500/name/St+Thomas+of+Canterbury+Church%2C+Arbroath+Arbroath+and+St+Vigeans+Tayside |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 May 2022 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Places of Worship in Scotland }}</ref> The priest is the Rev. Fr. Andrew Marshall and the church is part of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Thomas of Canterbury, Arbroath |url=https://www.dunkelddiocese.co.uk/st-thomas-of-canterbury-arbroath/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Diocese of Dunkeld |language=en-GB}}</ref> The parish includes a primary school which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.st-thomas.angus.sch.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060313085016/http://www.st-thomas.angus.sch.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2006 |title=St Thomas RC Primary School }}</ref>

[[St John's Methodist Church, Arbroath|St John's Methodist Church]] in Ponderlaw was opened and preached in by John Wesley in 1772<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rogal |first=Samuel J |url=https://archive.org/details/johnwesleysmissi0000roga/page/184/mode/2up?view=theater |title=John Wesley's mission to Scotland, 1751-1790 |year=1988 |isbn=0889460701 |pages=184 |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref> and since the closure of Dunbar Methodist Church has been the oldest Scottish Methodist Church still used for worship.<ref>{{HEScotland |desc=St. John's Methodist Church, 15 Ponderlaw Street |num=LB21147 |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Cameron |date=18 May 2021 |title=Bid to breathe new life into historic church building |url=https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/18617847.bid-breathe-new-life-historic-church-building/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=East Lothian Courier |language=en}}</ref> The original church building is octagonal and situated behind a vestibule added in 1882.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St John's Methodist Church, Arbroath |url=http://scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4498/name/St+John%27s+Methodist+Church,+Arbroath+Arbroath+and+St+Vigeans+Tayside |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031915/http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4498/name/St+John%27s+Methodist+Church,+Arbroath+Arbroath+and+St+Vigeans+Tayside |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Places of Worship in Scotland }}</ref>

Other groups that worship in Arbroath include the Arbroath Corps of the Salvation Army, which meets in Marketgate; the Elim Pentecostal Church, which meets in Ogilvy Place; the Jehovah's Witnesses, who meet at the Kingdom Hall in Burnside Drive;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Meeting |url=https://apps.jw.org/ui/E/meeting-search.html#/weekly-meetings/search/E/Arbroath,%20UK/56.559107,-2.591543/@56.556567,-2.598527,14z/detail?id=6409C03E-29DF-4F75-8245-E50AE286B871 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=apps.jw.org}}</ref> the Springfield Christian Assembly, which meets in the Gospel Hall in Ponderlaw Lane<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.springfieldgospelhall.org/ |title=Springfield Gospel Hall |access-date=12 December 2008}}</ref> and the Arbroath Town Mission on Grant Road, an interdenominational group  established in 1849 and led by Dr Robert Clapham for sixty years, until 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.arbroathmission.org/history.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Arbroath Town Mission |language=en}}</ref> The independent, non-denominational Life Church meet in the former St Vigeans Chapel of Ease in James Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life Church Arbroath {{!}} About Us |url=https://lifechurcharbroath.com/about |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=lifechurcharbroath.com}}</ref> The church building dates from 1828 and became Inverbrothock Parish Church in 1855.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arbroath (Angus) |url=https://www.ancestor.abel.co.uk/Angus/Arbroath.html |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=www.ancestor.abel.co.uk}}</ref> The parish was dissolved in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arbroath Inverbrothock Baptist Church |url=http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4496/name/Arbroath+Inverbrothock+Baptist+Church+Arbroath+and+St+Vigeans+Tayside |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211004458/http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/4496/name/Arbroath+Inverbrothock+Baptist+Church+Arbroath+and+St+Vigeans+Tayside |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2023 |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Places of Worship in Scotland }}</ref>