Angus MacRae
{{Short description|Minister of the Free Church of Scotland}}
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Angus MacRae (born 1967) is a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly 2018/2019.
Life
He was born in Glasgow in 1967 the son of Donald and Sina MacRae{{cite web|url=https://freechurch.org/news/moderator-designate-celebrates-25-years-in-ministry|title=Moderator Designate Celebrates 25 Years in Ministry|website=Free Church of Scotland}} but was raised and educated at Laxdale on the Isle of Lewis. He attended the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway then studied Divinity at Edinburgh University and the Free Church of Scotland College. He was ordained by the Free Church of Scotland in 1992. He originally served as minister of Kilwinning and Saltcoats in Ayrshire.{{cite web|url=https://freechurch.org/news/2018-moderator-designate|title=2018 Moderator Designate|website=Free Church of Scotland}}
In 2001 he moved north to Dingwall and served the joint parishes of Dingwall and Strathpeffer.{{cite web|url=https://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/dingwall-minister-given-top-free-church-role-139039/ |title=Dingwall minister given top Free Church role |publisher=Ross-shirejournal.co.uk |date=2017-10-05 |accessdate=2019-12-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.affinity.org.uk/find-a-church/church-information/dingwall-strathpeffer-free-church-of-scotland|title=Church information|website=www.affinity.org.uk}}
In October 2017 he was elected Moderator for 2018/2019 in succession to Rev Derek Lamont of St Columba's Free Church in Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=https://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/free-church-of-scotland-moderator-designate-2018-1-4578907|title=Free Church of Scotland Moderator Designate 2018|website=www.stornowaygazette.co.uk}} His address to the General Assembly in May 2018 was entitled "The Shalom of Jesus: Peace in a World of Rage".{{cite web|url=https://freechurch.org/news/moderators-address-2018|title=Moderator's Address 2018|website=Free Church of Scotland}}
MacRae served as Chair of the Board of Ministry for the Free Church and on the Board of Edinburgh Theological Seminary from 2013 to 2021. He accepted a call from Dingwall Free Church to serve as minister at the Free North Church in Bank Street, in the City of Inverness. His induction to the Free North took place in March 2020. As this took place during a national Covid-lockdown the service of induction was held online. MacRae was succeeded in Dingwall and Strathpeffer Free Church by Rev Matty Guy who was ordained and inducted to serve in that church in September 2023.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Sarah |date=2023-09-13 |title=Three ordinations and inductions in one day |url=https://freechurch.org/three-ordinations-and-inductions-in-one-day/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Free Church of Scotland |language=en-GB}}
Away from work he enjoys walking, running and being outdoors, along with reading, music and cooking. He is married to Ann, a specialty doctor caring for patients with addictions. Together, the couple have three adult children and a granddaughter. His son-in-law is Rev Andrew Macleod, assistant minister of Tain and Fearn Free Church.{{Cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://www.freenorthchurch.org/our-team |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Free North Church |language=en}}
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Category:People educated at the Nicolson Institute
Category:20th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland
Category:20th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:21st-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland
Category:21st-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
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