{"id":540,"date":"2009-10-08T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T03:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2009-10-08T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T03:10:00","slug":"free-church-of-scotland-general-assembly-moderator-designee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Free Church Of Scotland General Assembly Moderator Designee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freechurch.org\">Free Church of Scotland<\/a> yesterday <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freechurch.org\/index.php\/scotland\/news_events_item\/2010_moderator_is_david_meredith\/\">announced<\/a> that the Moderator of their 2010 General Assembly will be the Rev. David Meredith of Inverness.&nbsp; The Rev. Meredith has pastored the Smithton Free Church for the last 25 years and is credited with building a tiny outreach congregation into a thriving one.&nbsp; (That church name is from the announcement although the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithtonchurch.com\/\">church web site<\/a> lists the church as the Smithton-Culloden Free Church.&nbsp; The church web site also brings news they had a 25 year celebration for Rev. Meredith just a couple of weeks ago.)<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Meredith is a career minister having earned a degree in English and Politics at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.strath.ac.uk\/\">Strathclyde University<\/a> before studying for the ministry at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freescotcoll.ac.uk\/\">Free Church College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I like the description that Rev. Meredith gives of his interest in ministry:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>David says he has a desire to bring contemporary applications to<br \/>\nancient truths, and to see vibrancy within a Free Church which is free<br \/>\nfrom parochialism and focused on the spiritual needs of Scotland.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In particular I like that idea of bringing &#8220;contemporary applications to ancient truths.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Free Church of Scotland General Assembly will convene in May in Edinburgh.&nbsp; I look forward to Rev. Meredith&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Free Church of Scotland yesterday announced that the Moderator of their 2010 General Assembly will be the Rev. David Meredith of Inverness.&nbsp; The Rev. 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