Adam Cairns
Adam Cairns (1802–1881) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister. In 1837 he became minister of Cupar. At the disruption in 1843 he sided with the Free Church, and was employed in parochial work until 1853, when he accepted a commission from the Colonial Committee of the Free Church to proceed to Melbourne, where he arrived in September of that year. There, amidst the excitement of the gold fever, he laid the foundations of Presbyterianism in Victoria, acting as pastor of the Chalmers Church Congregation till 1865, when, his health failing, he became an emeritus minister, retaining his standing in the Church without pastoral charge. He died on his birthday January 30, 1881.
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| Church | Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1802 |
| Died | 30 January 1881 |
| assistant minister of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh | |
| In office 1825–1827 | |
| minister of Manor | |
| In office 21 August 1828 – 7 April 1833 | |
| minister of Dunbog | |
| In office 7 April 1833 – 1 September 1837 | |
| minister of Cupar | |
| In office 1 September 1837 – 18 May 1843 | |
| minister of Free Church, Cupar-Fife | |
| In office 18 May 1843 – 26 August 1853 | |
| minister of Chalmers Church, Melbourne | |
| In office 1853–1876 | |
| Moderator of General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria | |
| In office 1 November 1859 – end | |
| first Principal of the Theological Hall of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria and Professor of Divinity | |
| In office 1865–1873 | |
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