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08/02/2017
Rev Noble McNeely Appointed Next Moderator Of Presbyterian Church
A former teacher from Belfast has been appointed the next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
Reverend Noble McNeely of First Holywood Presbyterian Church will officially take up office as the church's most senior office bearer and principal public representative when he is formally elected and installed as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in June.
The 63-year-old minister received 10 votes and will be the church's second Moderator to come from Holywood and the 178th since the election of its first Moderator in 1840.
Mr McNeely said: "I am sincerely humbled. I have served the wider church in a number of roles and I see my nomination as Moderator as another opportunity to serve Christ and His church.
"At the same time, I recognise the responsibility that has been entrusted to me and I pray that with God's help and the prayers of the Church, I will be able to fulfil expectations."
(CD/JP)
Reverend Noble McNeely of First Holywood Presbyterian Church will officially take up office as the church's most senior office bearer and principal public representative when he is formally elected and installed as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in June.
The 63-year-old minister received 10 votes and will be the church's second Moderator to come from Holywood and the 178th since the election of its first Moderator in 1840.
Mr McNeely said: "I am sincerely humbled. I have served the wider church in a number of roles and I see my nomination as Moderator as another opportunity to serve Christ and His church.
"At the same time, I recognise the responsibility that has been entrusted to me and I pray that with God's help and the prayers of the Church, I will be able to fulfil expectations."
(CD/JP)
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