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It is the first day of April and one of the more serious items we can look forward to on this day each year is the counting of the votes for the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well the votes are in and this morning the Principal Clerk announced<\/a> that the sole nominee to be placed before the 142nd General Assembly<\/a> to serve as Moderator will be the Rev. Douglas H. Rollwage.<\/p>\n

\"Douglas-Rollwage-300x349\"<\/a>Rev. Rollwage currently serves as the pastor<\/a> of Zion Presbyterian Church<\/a> in Charlottetown, P.E.I., where he as been for 11 years. His ministry began at Strathcona Park Presbyterian Church<\/a> in Kingston, Ont,. where he had grown up. Between there and Charlottetown he was the pastor at Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church<\/a> in Scarborough in the Toronto Metro Area.<\/p>\n

He holds a B.Th. from Queen\u2019s Theological College (now Queen\u2019s School of Religion<\/a>) and an M.Div. from Knox College<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his interview in the Presbyterian Record<\/a> he shares some interesting glimpses into his faith journey. While coming to faith in a Pentecostal church and beginning his pastoral training in that direction he says \u201cit soon became evident that the Pentecostals and I were not a great match for each other and to our mutual relief we parted ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

He goes on to talk about why:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say what brought me out [of the Pentecostal Church and into the Presbyterian Church] was as much a matter of my growing interest and awareness of church history, which within the Pentecostal church kinda ends with the end of the book of Acts and begins again in 1910. But for me the history of the church and our place within that history is deeply important in our identification as Christians. And so a tradition which was rooted in that history and respected that history was for me very important and that ultimately lead me to the Reformed faith, both in the teachings of Luther and the writings of Calvin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then Church History has been one of his passions and it is one he shares with others, particularly as he leads trips to Greece, Israel and Turkey, which is highlighted on his Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These study tours have a significant synergy with another of his passions – Bible study. In the interview he talks about the importance of scripture and studying it.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresbyterians used to be famous for being rooted in the scriptures.\u201d But, he says, \u201cI think that we have moved away from what we once took for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many people in churches go to Bible study anymore?\u201d he asks. \u201cFor me Bible study is more important than Sunday morning. Because on Sunday morning we\u2019ve got, what, 20 minutes to give a sermon, to try and inspire and teach and comfort and lead and direct. In Bible study you\u2019ve got an hour and half. You\u2019ve got so much more time to do that plus you\u2019ve got a level of interaction that you just can\u2019t have on a Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look at the leadership of my congregation, session members, board members, committee leaders\u2014these are all people who have had their faith energized and strengthened through their participation in Bible study. That\u2019s where the leadership is drawn from.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in what looks like foreshadowing his work as Moderator he continues:<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us to move forward with credibility and with true spiritual relevance, I think we need to recapture our love for the Bible. It sounds very old fashioned. But I also think that the Bible is more relevant now than it was a generation ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has served the church locally as a presbytery moderator and nationally as a member of multiple committees including his current service on the Ecumenical and Interfaith Committee. He also serves as a resource person for the Assembly Office. He and his church are active with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank<\/a> that provides food to those in need around the globe.<\/p>\n

He and his wife Dana, a public school teacher, have two children, one a recent college graduate and the other still in college.<\/p>\n

He will be formally elected and installed on June 3 as the Assembly convenes at York University in Toronto.<\/p>\n

So our congratulations and prayers for Rev. Rollwage for the work ahead. May you have the time to prepare for the Assembly, wisdom and discernment at you lead it and blessings and strength so that your moderatorial year may be a true extension of your ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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