Caribbean

Grouped together with Africa for committee purposes, our Caribbean partners are distinct and have a different set of challenges and aspirations to our African partners.
The Church of Scotland has partners in Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Cuba

Partner Church
- Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba (PRCC)
Partnership History
- PRCC began in 1890 when a small group of Presbyterians began to meet in Havana
- They asked PCUSA to send them a missionary, and the First Presbyterian Church in Havana was established that year with the first ordained Cuban Presbyterian pastor
- In 1895 the church had to close because of the Cuban War of Independence against Spain
- In 1900 Protestant missionaries arrived in Cuba, at the time of US intervention in the war, and re-initiated the work of the Presbyterian Church
- After the Cuban Revolution (1959), the church lost its schools and membership diminished
- It became an independent church in 1967 while maintaining a relationship with PCUSA
- It has 15,000 members, organised into three presbyteries and a synod
Twinnings and Partners
In 2014, The Moderator of the Church of Scotland wrote to William Haig, following the adoption of a WCC resolution, asking for his support for improved US-Cuba relations and lifting of sanctions.
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Jamaica and the Cayman Islands

Partner Church
- United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Partnership History
- The Scottish Missionary Society first established a presence on Jamaica in 1800 (by 1840 the work had been taken over by the United Secession Church)
- In 1846 the Church in Jamaica undertook an independent mission to Calabar, Nigeria. On root, Hope Waddell, was stranded on the island of Grand Cayman, which prompted him to suggest a missionary was sent from Jamaica
- In 1849, the church was reconstituted as the Presbyterian Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman in federal relation with the Scottish Church
- The Church became independent in 1954 and united with the Congregational Church in 1965 to form the United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman
- In 1992 the Disciples of Christ in Jamaica joined the union to create the church as presently constituted, with a small name change – the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
- It currently has over 10,000 members and over 200 congregations
Twinnings and Partners
We have one twinning between congregations in Jamaica and Scotland.
Trinidad and Tobago

Partner Church
- Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago
Partnership History
- PCTT traces its roots back to the work of Canadian and American Presbyterian missionaries in the late nineteenth century
- In 1868 John Morton arrived to renovate and expand a declining American mission
- The first church was built in San Fernando in 1972
- Today, PCTT is an indigenous, self-supporting church, under complete control of the Trinidadians
Twinnings and Partners
- Congregational twinning between Trinidad and Scotland.
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