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Gerrard Street Baptist Church, located in the city of Aberdeen in Scotland, is a church affiliated with the Baptist Union of Scotland. It is made up of "a group of ordinary people seeking to follow Jesus Christ" The building was opened in 1900, although a church has existed on the site since 1844. The church, including an adjoining church hall, is a Category B listed building.

Elders
The Church leadership comprises a number of elders. there are five elders.

Pastors
Rev. Matthew Henderson is the Senior Pastor and has been serving God as Pastor at Gerrard Street for a number of years. His responsibilities as Senior Pastor are around the leading of teaching, praise and prayer, and adult outreach ministries in the church.

Students
As a vibrent city centre church there is a large student population at Gerrard Street Baptist Church. The Church has a ministry, Mobilise, for students.

The Sunday evening services at Gerrard Street are very much based around teaching from God's word which is applicable to the lives of students. The Student ministry is also split up into a number of small groups which meet every week for prayer and Bible study.

Services
Services are held on Sundays at 10:30am and 6:30pm; Communion is shared on the first Sunday of every month at the 10:30am service and on the third Sunday of each month at the 6:30pm service