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In the early 1980s, he co-presented the Scottish Television religious magazine programme That's the Spirit! and was also interviewed on VIP, also an STV religious show.His role as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland meant he was one of the public figures who led tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales upon her death in 1997 in a BBC broadcast.
The location of the parish or other post during the moderator's year in office is listed in brackets. Since 1714 the General Assembly has normally been held annually every May. Moderators-designate are nominated in the October of the previous year; a formal vote is taken at start of the General Assembly in May, then the new moderator takes the ...
In Atlanta, Marshall met his future wife, Catherine Wood, then a student at Agnes Scott College.They married on November 4, 1936, and had one son, Peter John Marshall (January 21, 1940 – September 8, 2010), who followed his father into the Presbyterian clergy and ran a national ministry, Peter Marshall Ministries, from Orleans, Massachusetts.
In 2011, he was Moderator of the Presbytery of Edinburgh. [4] In October 2015 he was nominated to succeed Right Rev Dr Angus Morrison as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. [6] He took office in May 2016. [1] He was succeeded as Moderator by Dr Derek Browning in May 2017.
The first female Moderator of the General Assembly was Dr Alison Elliot in 2004, who was also the first elder to hold the post since the 16th century. [8] In May 2007 the Revd Sheilagh M. Kesting became the first female minister to be elected as Moderator of the General Assembly.
During a vacancy the presbytery appoints an interim moderator, usually the minister of a neighbouring parish or a retired minister.In addition to chairing the Session, the interim moderator conducts public worship or organizes a rota of locums to do so, attends to the most urgent pastoral and administrative needs, and guides the congregation through the process of appointing a new minister.
William Cunningham (2 October 1805 – 14 December 1861) was a Scottish theologian and co-founder of the Free Church of Scotland. [1] He was Moderator of the Free Church in 1859. Life
Iain Donald Campbell was born on 20 September 1963 on the Isle of Lewis to John Norman Campbell and his wife Lily Maciver (née Mackenzie). Campbell had two sisters, Margaret and Alma. [ 4 ] Campbell attended the Nicolson Institute , a school on Lewis , before studying at the University of Glasgow , where he graduated with First Class Honours ...