The Free Church of Scotland has announced its Moderator Designate for its 2007 General Assembly.  The committee has selected the Rev. Dr. John S. Ross currently serving at Greyfriars Free Church, Inverness.  He served four years as a missionary in Nigeria beginning in 1972 and has since served in a variety of churches and in a variety of ways for the denomination.  He holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Evangelism.

The Free Church of Scotland has issued a press release and there is a more detailed article from the Inverness Courier.

He stirred up controversy last Sunday in his sermon when he “accused the Government of forcing sexual orientation regulations through Parliament with ‘reckless speed'”.  He also said that the Government was not showing respect for freedom of conscience and the religious beliefs of Christians.  Gay rights leaders have accused Rev. Ross of inaccuracies in his statements and wanting to deny individuals of basic civil rights.   The article in the Inverness Courier has been picked up by many other news outlets.