Presbytery Meeting

Presbytery met on Friday 18th March.

Rev. Kenneth Stewart concluded his year as moderator and was replaced by Rev. Stephen Steele.

Most of the morning was taken up with examining Sylvester Konteh via WhatsApp call. Sylvester took two exams, Westminster Confession of Faith chapters 22-31 and the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Revelation. Both exams were passes. Continue to remember our brother in the Gambia as he studies for the ministry.

Another major task of this Presbytery meeting was to examine Session minute books. Due to Presbytery meeting remotely over the past couple of years we had to review minutes since 2019. This work may seem mundane but it is an important method of keeping accountability and to ensure that Session business is orderly.

Presbytery also dealt with the fact that Rev. Kenneth Stewart had accepted the call from Stornoway since our last meeting. The pastoral tie with the Glasgow congregation was dissolved with prayer, the date for his induction in Stornoway was set for Friday 15th April, and Rev. Donald Macdonald was appointed interim moderator of the Glasgow congregation.

Other routine matters of business were considered at Friday’s meeting.

On Saturday 19th March Presbytery met to induct Rev. Stephen McCollum to the pastoral charge of Airdrie, and you can read about that induction in a subsequent article.

Rev. Stephen McCollum