{"id":474,"date":"2010-03-02T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2010-03-02T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T07:06:00","slug":"moderator-designate-of-the-general-assembly-of-the-presbyterian-church-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=474","title":{"rendered":"Moderator Designate Of The General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three news sources, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/northern_ireland\/8546546.stm\">BBC<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u.tv\/News\/New-Presbyterian-Moderator-elected\/c8373be9-a427-4cb5-a34e-947c8f45e2b1\">U.TV<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.article-submissionservice.com\/4375\/new-presbyterian-moderator-chosen\">Daily News<\/a>, are reporting that the Rev. Norman Hamilton, pastor of Ballysillan Presbyterian Church in north Belfast, has been chosen by the presbyteries as the Moderator designate of the 2010 General Assembly.&nbsp; Presuming that he carried the five presbyteries that voted for him in the February vote, he received votes from six of the nine presbyteries that voted for candidates not making it into the second round.&nbsp; He received the votes of eleven of the nineteen presbyteries.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC provides this reaction from Rev. Hamilton:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am greatly humbled and surprised that this has come to me.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope during my year to bring a very Biblical perspective to a wide range of issues that are important to both church and society.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three news sources, the BBC, U.TV, and Daily News, are reporting that the Rev. 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