Inverness minister named as Moderator Designate for 2025 General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland
An Inverness minister is set to become the next moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.
Rev Alasdair Macleod, of Smithton Church, has been named by the Commission of Assembly as the Moderator Designate for the Church’s 2025 General Assembly.
Mr Macleod, who is married with three children, described the nomination as an “honour”.
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Mr Macleod, who is from the Hebrides, serves as senior minister of Smithton Church, in Murray Road, where he has ministered since 2016.
From 2004-2016, he served as minister of Lochbroom and Coigach Free Church covering Ullapool and Achiltibuie.
Before training at Edinburgh Theological Seminary (formerly the Free Church College), he worked as a civil engineer with a consultancy specialising in projects related to the water industry.
Having been involved in the wider Free Church through central committees, he was the first chairman of the newly formed Mission Board from 2015-17.
He and his, wife, Catriona, have three children, Lois, Samuel and Benjamin.
He commented: “Sharing the living hope found in Jesus Christ with our nation defines us as a church.
“The General Assembly, gathering in Edinburgh each May, has a unique contribution to make to that mission.
“Therefore, to be nominated as Moderator of the 2025 General Assembly is an honour.”
