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The "Disruption" in the Church of Scotland took place in 1843, with approximately one-third of the ministers leaving to form the Free Church of Scotland. The Moderator in this critical year was Duncan Macfarlan (High Church of Glasgow) 1844 John Lee (Principal, University of Edinburgh) 1845 Alexander Hill (Professor of Divinity, University of ...
The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week in Edinburgh every year. After chairing the Assembly, the Moderator then spends the following year representing the Church of Scotland at civic events ...
The moderator presides over the meeting of the court, much as a convener presides over the meeting of a church committee. The moderator is thus the chairperson, and is understood to be a member of the court acting primus inter pares. The moderator calls and constitutes meetings, presides at them, and closes them in prayer.
When the Church of Scotland merged with the United Free Church of Scotland in 1929, the Mound premises were chosen as the Assembly Hall for the reunited Church of Scotland. Today the former Victoria Hall building is in secular use as The Hub. [2] [3] Earlier General Assemblies had taken place in different churches in Scotland's major burghs. [4]
On 31 December 2024, it was announced that Frew has been nominated to serve as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 17 May 2025, until May 2026. [2] Her Principal Clerk will be Fiona Smith who had welcomed the appointment of Lady Elish Angiolini as Lord High Commissioner to the 2025 General Assembly.
Iain MacLeod Greenshields is a Church of Scotland minister, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly from 2022 to 2023. [1] He undertook key roles as Moderator for the funeral of Elizabeth II and the Coronation of Charles III.
Very Rev Dr Shaw James Paterson (September 1964 - ) is a minister of the Church of Scotland, serving as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 18 May 2024 – May 2025 [1] and succeeding Sally Foster-Fulton. Originally from Holytown, Paterson is a graduate of the University of Glasgow.
From 2012 to 2016 she was convenor of the Church and Society Council of the Church of Scotland. Foster-Fulton took up a role with Christian Aid in 2017. [4] She was named as the Church of Scotland's next Moderator in October 2022, [2] and installed in office in May 2023 at the Church's annual General Assembly. She described herself as "beyond ...