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A fact from Finlay Macdonald (minister) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 November 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Very Rev. Dr. Finlay A. J. Macdonald saw his calling as being "a lawyer for God" instead of a lawyer for man while studying philosophy?

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Expand on the sentence "While Moderator, Macdonald made significant contributions to the Church of Scotland." Explain his major contributions as Moderator and their impact on the Church and others.
Add more information about his childhood and family, particularly focus on childhood experiences that may have influences his decisions as Moderator.
Clarify what he presently is doing.
Add more publications, See also links (internal links), and external links.
Once you completed any of the above tasks, please delete the request for that task. Thanks for your interest. -- Jreferee 04:57, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Britain/England[edit]

In the image slot in the top right of the page, either the flag should change to the English flag of St George or the caption should read "born Watford, Britain". 129.67.49.76 16:59, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moderator[edit]

The text reads: At the time Macdonald took up the office of Moderator, the total population of the Church had fallen steadily from 5.21 million in 1971 to 5.11 million in 2002.[4] As the new Moderator, Macdonald saw the primary task for the Church of Scotland as becoming more appealing to a younger audience to turn this tide of more than 30 years of falling congregations.[4]

The Church 'population' in 2002 was already below one million. 5.11 million in 2002 and 5.21 million in 1971 were the total populations of the country of Scotland, not the Church of Scotland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.42.26.195 (talk) 12:06, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]