Editing Scottish Gaelic (section)

===Church===
[[File:Church Services - geograph.org.uk - 35208.jpg|thumb|A sign indicating services in Gaelic and English at a [[Free Church of Scotland (post 1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] congregation in the community of [[Ness, Lewis|Ness]], [[Isle of Lewis]]]]
In the Western Isles, the isles of [[Isle of Lewis|Lewis]], [[Harris, Outer Hebrides|Harris]] and [[North Uist]] have a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] majority (largely [[Church of Scotland]] – {{lang|gd|Eaglais na h-Alba}} in Gaelic, [[Free Church of Scotland (post 1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] and [[Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland]]). The isles of [[South Uist]] and [[Barra]] have a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] majority. All these churches have Gaelic-speaking congregations throughout the Western Isles. Notable city congregations with regular services in Gaelic are [[St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow|St Columba's Church, Glasgow]] and [[Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh|Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk]], Edinburgh. {{lang|gd|Leabhar Sheirbheisean}}—a shorter Gaelic version of the English-language Book of Common Order—was published in 1996 by the Church of Scotland.

The widespread use of English in worship has often been suggested as one of the historic reasons for the decline of Gaelic. The Church of Scotland is supportive today,{{vague|date=April 2017}} but has a shortage of Gaelic-speaking ministers. The Free Church also recently announced plans to abolish Gaelic-language communion services, citing both a lack of ministers and a desire to have their congregations united at communion time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Free-Church-plans-to-scrap.3644503.jp |location=Edinburgh |work=The Scotsman |first=Murdo |last=MacLeod |title=Free Church plans to scrap Gaelic communion service |date=6 January 2008 |access-date=19 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111185835/http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Free-Church-plans-to-scrap.3644503.jp |archive-date=11 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>