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John MacKay MacLennan
John MacKay MacLennan (1885–1977) was a Scottish minister, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1938. Life He graduated with an MA from Edinburgh University in 1915. From 1915 to 1923 he was minister of the Free Church in Glenurquhart then was minister of Lairg from 1923 to 1965. He died in Inverness on 25 August 1977, aged 92, and is buried in the churchyard at Kirkton of Lochalsh. References {{DEFAULTSORT:MacLennan, John MacKay 1885 births 1977 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moderator Of The General Assembly
The moderator of the General Assembly is the chairperson of a General Assembly, the highest court of a Presbyterian or Reformed church. Kirk sessions and presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator. The Oxford Dictionary states that a Moderator may be a "Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body". Presbyterian churches are ordered by a presbyterian polity, including a hierarchy of councils or courts of elders, from the local church (kirk) Session through presbyteries (and perhaps synods) to a General Assembly. 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 . The moderator calls and constitutes meetings, presides at them, and closes them in prayer. The moderator has a casting, but not a deliberative vote. During a meeting, the title ''moderator'' is used by all other members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
