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<\/font>[Ed. note: Last year I started doing these headlines posts but dropped it during GA season and never restarted. Well, enough interesting things are happening that I thought I would restart this weekly post. As before, these are generally news items about global Presbyterianism that catch my attention but I don’t have time to blog about individually. I do however reserve the right to come back and write more about a story later. – SLS]<\/p>\n

Lord High Commissioner for the Scottish General Assemblies<\/b><\/u>
\nThis is actually old news – Her Majesty’s Government issued the announcement<\/a> three months ago – but it was highlighted this past week by a release from the Free Church of Scotland<\/a>. While the Lord High Commissioner is technically only a position with the national Church of Scotland<\/a>, they usually also visit the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year’s Lord High Commissioner is that same as last year, The Right Honourable Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC.<\/p>\n

\nNew Role for Ex-Moderator<\/a><\/b>
\nThe Newsletter reports that the Rev. Dr. Stafford Carson has been selected as the new Principal of Union Theological College, Belfast<\/a>. Rev. Carson was the Moderator of the 2009 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland<\/a> and is the pastor of First Portadown Presbyterian Church<\/a>. Union College has about 300 students with about 10% of them training for the ministry.<\/p>\n

The position still needs a series of approvals of which the final one is from this year’s General Assembly in early June.<\/p>\n


\nAustin Presbyterian seminary receives $2.5 million gift<\/a><\/b>
\nAn article from the Austin Statesman informs us of a gift to Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary<\/a> to endow the Blair R. Monie Distinguished Chair in Homiletics. The gift is from Mary and Robert J. Wright of Dallas and honors their pastor. The Rev. Monie has been a long-time trustee of Austin. (There is also a press release<\/a> from the Seminary)<\/p>\n

Asante Presbytery creates website to keep members informed<\/a><\/b>
The Asante Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has launched a new web site<\/a>. The objective is clear from the article: “…to keep its members, both home and abroad, adequately informed about its activities.<\/font>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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