The Right Reverend Noble McNeely was the

Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the most senior office-bearer within the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which is Northern Ireland's largest Protestant denomination. The Moderator is elected by th ...

from 2017 until 2018.

Early life and education

Born in Belfast, McNeely was brought up in Crossgar, Co Down. He studied teaching at Stranmillis College from 1972 to 1976 and taught high school for two years. He obtained his Bachelor of Divinity degree at

Union Theological College ''This page is about a college in Northern Ireland. For institutions with similar names, see Union Theological Seminary and Union School of Theology'' , mottoeng = ''“Buy the truth and sell it not”'' (taken from Proverbs 23:23) , establi ...

in 1981.

Career

He was licensed in Lissara Presbyterian Church (1981) and ordained as Assistant Minister in Fisherwick Presbyterian Church in 1982. He was called to First Ballymoney Presbyterian Church in 1984 and in 1997 he became Minister of First Holywood Presbyterian Church. McNeely became Moderator of the General Assembly on 5 June 2017. In February 2018

Charles McMullan Charles McMullen is an Irish Presbyterian minister, elected in February 2018 as the moderator-elect of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. He took office in June 2018, succeeding Noble McNeely. At the Assembly two controversial decisions were ma ...

was elected as moderator-elect to succeed McNeely, to take office in June 2018.

References

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