Earlier this month the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) made the announcement that their Moderator Designate for the 2014 General Assembly would be the Rev. Allan Murray.

Rev. Murray resides and worships in Brora and the Brora church was his charge until his retirement last November. He is a second-career pastor having practiced dentistry for 23 years before studying for the ministry at Free Church College and then taking up his first charge in 1988. He served there at Rogart and Scourie until the division and afterwards for a while served at Scourie and Lochinver at the same time as the Brora charge.

He and his wife Maureen have, as the press release says, “five of a family, now mostly spread around the world.”

The press release was picked up by the Storoway Gazette and pretty much printed verbatim. His sermons, leading up to his retirement, are posted on sermonaudio.com.

The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) General Assembly will convene in Edinburgh on 19 May 2014. We wish Rev. Murray the best as he prepares for the Assembly and our prayers for him during the Assembly and his moderatorial year.