Shaw Paterson
Shaw James Paterson is a minister of the Church of Scotland, serving as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2024-2025.[1]
Originally from Holytown, Paterson is a graduate of the University of Glasgow. He has served as minister of Strathaven Trinity Parish Church in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, since 1991.[2]
In 2024 he visited Malawi helping to celebrate the centenary of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. He visited Thondwe in Malawi to open a replaced bridge funded by the twinned Scottish community of Innerleithen, Traquair and Walkerburn.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Minister says it is a 'tremendous honour' to be elected Moderator of the General Assembly". The Church of Scotland.
- ^ "Minister from small Lanarkshire village appointed in new senior church role". Glasgow Times. October 26, 2023.
- ^ Scotland, The Church of (2024-10-02). "Church Moderator speaks of lessons from 'lifechanging' trip to Malawi". The Church of Scotland. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
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