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Ken Newell
Newell in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast in 2013
Born
Kenneth Norman Ernest Newell

1942 (age 81–82)
OccupationsPresbyterian minister
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Kenneth Norman Ernest Newell, OBE, is a retired Irish Presbyterian minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (June 2004 – 2005), and was the minister of Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, until his retirement on 21 September 2008.

Biography

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Newell was born in Belfast in 1942, just after the Blitz. In 1976, at the height of the Troubles, he returned to Belfast from a teaching post on the island of Timor in Indonesia.[1]

He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (June 2004 – 2005), and was the minister of Fitzroy Presbyterian Church[when?] until his retirement on 21 September 2008.[2]

His time as a minister was marked by a commitment[citation needed] to peacemaking, and he was responsible for building relationships[vague] in communities in Belfast.[1]

Books

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  • Captured by a Vision (2016) Colourpoint Books, ISBN 978-1780731032[3]

References

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Presbyterian Church titles
Preceded by
Ivan Alexander McKay (2003)
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
2004
Succeeded by
Robert Ernest Henry Uprichard (2005)