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From 1754 to 1779 he served as professor of divinity at the University of Edinburgh. The University granted him a doctorate (DD) in 1759. In both 1754 and 1760 he served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was also a Dean of the Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral. [2]
The focus moved to building a small congregation as an independent, non-denominational church. Carrubbers main meetings are now on Sundays at 10.30am and 7:00pm with a range of over 30 different activities and ministries including home groups on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, with church prayer meetings on other Tuesdays.
New College is situated on The Mound in the north of Edinburgh's Old Town. New College originally opened its doors in 1846 as a college of the Free Church of Scotland, later of the United Free Church of Scotland, and since 1935 has been the home of the School of Divinity (formerly the Faculty of Divinity) of the University of Edinburgh. [3]
St James's Goldenacre is a Scottish Episcopal church in the Goldenacre area of Edinburgh. It was designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and opened in 1888. [ 1 ] It is a Category B listed building [ 2 ] and is noted for its interior decoration, including work by distinguished artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.
St Mary’s is the see of the Lord Bishop of Edinburgh, one of the seven bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It was designed in a Victorian Gothic revival style by architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. It has attained Category A listed building status, [1] and is part of the Old Town and New Town of Edinburgh World Heritage Site. [2]
He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by the University of Aberdeen (2014). He was installed as a personal chaplain to the Queen in November 2015 [ 9 ] and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to education, the arts, and the Church of Scotland. [ 10 ]
Bishop of Edinburgh Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church: Church: Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese: Edinburgh: In office: 1986–2000: Predecessor: Alastair Haggart: Successor: Brian Smith: Other post(s) Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1992–2000) Gresham Professor of Divinity (1997–2002) Orders; Ordination: 1960 by Francis ...
In the years 2013 and 2015 he acted a voluntary lecturer in theology at St Augustine's Theological School, Botswana. In 2017 he was invited to join the business committee of the general council of the University of Edinburgh. On 10 July 2018 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity by the University of Edinburgh. [3]