[1] Over the next 130 years, the congregation met in several houses and a larger building in Golden Square, dedicated to St John the Evangelist.

It was consecrated by the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishop William Skinner and opened for worship on 6 May 1851.

In 2013 the church became the first in Scotland to invite Muslims to share its building as the neighbouring mosque was so small that some were forced to worship outside.

Alexander Galloway was the rector of Kinkell from 1516 until his death in 1552 and the font bears his initials on the West panel.

[8] The bowl sits on a pedestal which was designed by the Aberdeen architect James Mitchell who provided the setting in 1851 when it was installed in St John's.