History
Founded in 1692, this church finds its roots in the Protestant dissenters from the established Church of England. Having initially used the minister's house, on Hall Gate, the present site was acquired, and a small chapel (pictured) was built in 1740. The chapel was built out of sight of the road, because previous Unitarian meeting houses and chapels throughout the country had been wrecked or burned earlier in the century for their "heretical" liberal values.
Rev Thomas McCready speaks about the church's history
​It was not until 1769 that this "Dissenting" church made a move towards Unitarianism, during the ministry of Rev.
Andrew Scott. In 1803 the "Chapel House" was built on Hall Gate, completely obscuring the chapel except for a passageway. This was eventually made into two shops, which have for many years provided rent to support the church. At the back of the chapel, a schoolhouse was built onto the newly created Wood Street. This was on the site of what is now the back part of the church building, comprising the Coffee Lounge, Upper Hall, and a third small shop on Hall Gate.

The foundation stones for the present building were laid in 1912, although this building was not meant to be the chapel, which should have been on the site of the two shops fronting Hall Gate. ​
At this time there was an amalgamation with a liberal Christian group ejected from the Congregational Church, just a little further up Hall Gate. The name 'Free Christian Church' was given at this time, but it was made explicit that "this in no way binds the future of the Church whose free trust deed governs the whole situation". 

By the 1920's the idea of building a chapel onto Wood Street had been abandoned, and instead a small shop was incorporated onto the Wood Street end of the building, and the Upper Hall above was extended. The "lecture hall" at the Hall Gate side was now firmly established as the church.

The church's open trust ensures freedom from doctrinal test for the minister and members of the congregation. The bond of the union of all within the Church is the unity of the Spirit.
Ministers (or Lay Preachers/Leaders)
Samuel Crompton-Roberts (1692-1735)
Lawrence Holden (1745-1750)
John Skirven (1762-1764)
James Hart (1765-1768)
Andrew Scott (1769-1799)
Richard Hodgson (1800-1816)
John Plats (1817-1837)
Joseph Hutton
William Duffield (1840-1844)
John Thomas Cooper (1844-1852)
James Cauty Smith (1852-1854)
William Elliott (1854-1863)
William Sunderland Smith (1863-1869)
Joseph Dare (1870-1871)
​William Armitage (1871-1875)
Samuel Edgar (1876)​
John Fraser (1877-1879)
Alexander Ashworth (1880-1887)
T. Hallewell Thomas (1887-1910)
Percy W. Jones (1910-1920)
Marshall B. Skelland (1920-1923)
G. W. Thompson (1924-1933)
Thomas J. Jones (1933-1943)
George W. Parkinson (1945-1958)
Alec L. Finbow (1959-1994)
Brian Packer (1995-1997)
Cherrie Sinclair (1998-2007)
Andrew Usher (2007-2009)
​Thomas McCready (2011-2020)
​Stephanie Bisby (2024-present)
Doncaster Unitarian & Free Christian Church, 60a Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1 3PB
Tel: 01302 340 872 ~ Email: donnyunitarians@gmail.com
​Reg charity (CIO) 1182598