Alan Main (Moderator)
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The Very Reverend Professor Alan Main is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland.
He was born in Aberdeen in 1936. He was ordained in 1963 and served as minister at Chapel of Garioch Parish Church, Aberdeenshire, 1963-1970 and was then appointed as Chaplain to the University of Aberdeen.[1]
He was Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen, 1980-2001, and was also Master of Christ's College, Aberdeen, 1992-2001. He has served as minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[2] He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1999.[3] His formal title (following the end of his Moderatorial year) is the Very Reverend Professor Alan Main.
He was President of the Boys Brigade 2006-2007.
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- ^ Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, Volume XI (page 422), T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0-567-08750-6
- ^ "Scottish police help quake effort". BBC News. 7 January 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4153409.stm. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ "Sunday Morning Worship at King’s". http://www.abdn.ac.uk/documents/chapel-brochure.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
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| Preceded by Alexander McDonald |
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1998–1999 |
Succeeded by John B. Cairns |
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