Religious info needed please

[molly78]

Does anyone know where I can get info on missionary work carried out in the Birkenhead area? I have an ancestor who worked in Tranmere as a Presbyterian missionary/preacher who had arrived from Glasgow c1870.
The odd thing is, is that he was a ship carpenter in his former life! I suspect that the church he reported to had him posted in this area and he duly moved down with his family and settled near St Catherine's church. By 1881, he had moved over to Liverpool and was there for about 20yrs before retiring to Hampshire-possibly this was another "post".
Also, under what circumstances would a worker become such a missionary-in the 1860's in Scotland, was there recruitment for this kind of work?

Any help appreciated

Molly

[donna-paul]

molly i dont know the answer to your question but i would be interested to know it !!
my gt gt grandfather was a missionary (methodist i think )
from the ratcliffe area of london c1900 but at one point was a boot sales man 

i also know that at about 1860-ish some of his family were living elsewhere but can find no sign of him in that census as of yet !!
so good luck
donna x