Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

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The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is an elected representative of the church. Each year a new moderator is elected by the General Assembly. In theory the moderator may be a minister or an elder from among the laity but as of 2006 no lay elder has ever been appointed moderator. The appointees's formal role involves acting as the Moderator of the General Assembly. During the rest of the year, the moderator acts as an ambassador for the General Assembly and for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland as a whole.

The government of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has a form known as presbyterian polity, and is much like that of other presbyterian churches around the world. Individual churches are represented at both the Presbytery (local) level and General Assembly (All Ireland) level.

The serving moderator is gven the honorific style, Right Reverend (Rt. Rev.) ^[1] Former moderators are known as Very Reverend (Very Rev.)^{[citation needed]}

In the PCI, the moderator is normally an ordained minister. The current moderator is the Right Reverend Dr. David Clarke.

[edit] Past Moderators

• Reverend Dr David Clarke (2006 - 2007)
• Reverend Dr Harry Uprichard (2005 - 2006)
• Reverend Dr Ken Newell (2004 - 2005)
• Reverend Dr Ivan McKay (2003 - 2004)
• Reverend Dr Russell Birney (2002 - 2003)
• Reverend Dr Alastair Dunlop (2001 -2002)
• Reverend Dr Trevor Morrow (2000 - 2001)
• Reverend Dr John Lockington (1999 - 2000)
• Reverend Dr Samuel John Dixon (1998 - 1999)
• Reverend Dr Samuel Hutchinson (1997 - 1998)
• Reverend Dr Harry Allen (1996 -1997)
• Reverend Dr John Ross (1995 - 1996)
• Reverend Dr David J. McGaughey (1994 - 1995)
• Reverend Dr Andrew R. Rodgers (1993 - 1994)
• Reverend Dr John Dunlop (1992 - 1993)
• Reverend Dr Rodney Sterritt (1991 - 1992)
• Reverend Dr Prof. Finlay Holmes (1990 - 1991)
• Reverend Dr James Matthews (1989 - 1990)
• Reverend Dr A.W. Godfrey Brown (1988 -1989)
• Reverend Dr William Fleming (1987 - 1988)
• Reverend Dr Prof. John Thompson (1986 - 1987)
• Reverend Dr Robert Dickinson (1985 - 1986)
• Reverend Dr Howard Cromie (1984 - 1985)
• Reverend Dr T.J. Simpson (1983 - 1984)
• Reverend Dr Eric Gardiner (1982 - 1983)
• Reverend Dr John Girvan (1981 - 1982)
• Reverend Dr Ronnie Gavin Craig (1980 - 1981)
• Reverend Dr William Magee Craig (1979 - 1980)
• Reverend Dr David Burke (1978 - 1979)
• Reverend Dr Thomas Algeo Patterson (1977 - 1978)
• Reverend Dr Andrew John Weir (1976 - 1977)
• Reverend Dr Austin Fulton (1960 -1961)

[edit] References

1. ^ Example assembly record addressing the serving moderator as Rt. Rev. is Session 8, 2006 (doc format). Retrieved on September 2, 2006.

• PCI General Assembly website

[edit] External links

• Presbyterian Church in Ireland website

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