'God Came Down' is the amazing, oft times humorous and God glorifying history of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.
From it's inception in 1951 to its globe spanning witness today, this documentary traces the birth, growth and expansion of a church which stands as a bulwark against ecclesiastical decline and counterfeit ecumenism.
The Free Presbyterian Church was born in adversity. In 1951, in Crossgar (County Down, NI), elders in the local Presbyterian Church wanted a young evangelist, Ian Paisley, to conduct a gospel mission in their church hall.
However, the church hierarchy forbad the use of the hall and suspended the elders. The mission went ahead in a different venue and many souls were brought to Christ.
When it was all over the problem of where to send these new converts arose. The only solution was to form a new denomination, Presbyterian, but free.
On St. Patrick's day, 17th March 1951, the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster was constituted in Crossgar, in the same little hall where the mission had been held.
Lord Bannside, who as Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley was the church's leader and long time moderator says, "The young people of the church need to know their history. They need to learn the sacrifices that the founding fathers made, so that they can have the privileges they are enjoying today."