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The Free Church announced tonight (7th October) that the Moderator of the General Assembly in 2010 will be Rev. David Meredith, minister of Smithton Free Church, Inverness. David is 48 and comes from Paisley, where he initially went to Camphill High School, although his schooling was completed in Portree High School after his family moved to Skye. He studied English and Politics at Strathclyde University before applying for the Free Church ministry, graduating from the Free Church College in 1984. Smithton, which was then a tiny outreach congregation, became his first and only charge and, over David’s 25-year ministry, has become a thriving congregation.

David says he has a desire to bring contemporary applications to ancient truths, and to see vibrancy within a Free Church which is free from parochialism and focussed on the spiritual needs of Scotland. He is married to Nina and they have 4 children.