Dingwall minister given top Free Church role
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Rev Angus MacRae, minister of Dingwall and Strathpeffer Free Church, becomes the Moderator Designate of the 2018 General Assembly.
The appointment was made at a meeting of the Commission of Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland yesterday.
He succeeds Rev Derek Lamont, of St Columba’s Free Church in Edinburgh, who was appointed Moderator in May 2017.
Mr MacRae has been a Free Church minister for 25 years.
Born in Glasgow in 1967, he was brought up in Laxdale, Isle of Lewis and was educated at the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, Edinburgh University and the Free Church of Scotland College.
He was ordained to the ministry at Kilwinning Free Church, Ayrshire, in 1992, moving to his present church in Dingwall in 2001.
Married to Ann, a speciality doctor caring for patients with addictions, the couple has three adult children.
Mr MacRae said: "It is a great honour and a privilege to be elected to serve as next Moderator of the Free Church General Assembly.
"I would welcome the prayers of the Christian family around the nation as I prepare for this responsibility.
"The Church faces many challenges in our secular era but I am thankful for God’s incredible kindness and faithfulness to the Free Church.
"This decade has seen vibrant growth and renewal in many local churches and the denomination as a whole is united and encouraged. I am thankful for a steady stream of new leaders in training.
"The General Assembly is not just a talking shop. It is an opportunity for leaders to meet together in God’s presence."
Angus MacRae chairs the Board of Ministry, a group appointed by the General Assembly to arrange for training and pastoral care of candidates for the ministry. He is interested in training the next generation of church leaders and in developing praise and worship that is rich in Bible content and focused on God.
