Edinburgh Elim is a vibrant, Jesus centred family of believers, living to bring the Kingdom of God to the city and beyond.
Meet the Pastor
Pastor Gordon Allan has been serving in the role of Senior Leader at Edinburgh Elim since 2013, and has been leading churches since 1999.
Gordon loves communicating God’s word and connecting people to it, helping to train and raise people up into their passion and calling. He leads the team at Edinburgh Elim and oversees all our campuses. He is also the regional coordinator for Elim in Scotland and co-leads the Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife prayer network.
Gordon is married to Heather, and together they have three grown-up children. He enjoys swimming, rugby, NFL and playing bagpipes in his pipe band.
our story
Elim’s founder, George Jeffreys (arguably the United Kingdom’s greatest evangelist during the 1920-30’s) spent a large portion of his time in Scotland during 1932. He came to Edinburgh to share “The Foursquare Gospel;” that Jesus Christ was the Saviour, Healer, Baptiser with the Holy Spirit and Coming King. 800 conversions were recorded, and a church was established. At first, the church met in a former cinema in Stockbridge, before moving to George IV Bridge in the heart of the city, then settling in 2012 in our present site at Holy Corner in Morningside.
our movement
We are just one of over 500 Elim Pentecostal churches in the U.K. Elim was founded in 1915, having roots in the Welsh revival of 1904. To find out more about Elim, click here.
Whilst we value our heritage and the wider Elim movement, we recognise that we are a small part of the wider Church, and cherish the relationship we have with other local churches from a variety of denominations.
our campuses
Morningside
Our main campus, founded in 1932 and led by Senior Leader Gordon Allan and Campus Pastor Samba Bindia.
Haddington
Our first campus, planted in 2020 and led by Pastor Mike Johngrass.
bonnyrigg
Our most recent campus, launched in 2025 and led by David Walkingshaw.
our beliefs
We believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, the fully inspired and infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement, the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.
We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and that these comprise the universal Church, the Body of Christ.
We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the Gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.
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We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.
We believe in the inherent dignity and value of every person, as created in God’s image and likeness, male and female, to be in fellowship with God and serve God’s purposes in creation. Yet on account of the universal sinfulness of all people due to the Fall, humanity is subject to God’s righteous wrath and condemnation.
We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.
We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to reign in power and glory.
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We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His blood shed, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and His second advent to receive His Church.
We believe in the necessity for salvation of repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as righteous in God’s sight. This justification is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.
We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the Gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.
We believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgement of the world, the eternal conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.