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James Simpson (minister)
James A. Simpson (1934 - 30 May 2024) was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1994–95 - the first from a Highland parish since James Gunn Matheson (from Portree Parish Church on the Isle of Skye) in 1975.
Simpson was born in Glasgow in 1934. He attended Eastwood High School in Newton Mearns.
After graduating from the University of Glasgow with first class honours in Mathematics and Physics, Simpson had contemplated a career studying atomic research. At the time, however, there were no vacancies at Harwell, which concentrated on developing peaceful uses of atomic power.
The only career opportunities were at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, which specialised in developing nuclear weapons. Not wanting to spend his life in the manufacture of nuclear bombs, he chose to study Divinity at the University of Glasgow.
He was ordained on 21 September 1960. His ministry began in Grahamston Parish Church in Falkirk, followed by St. John's Renfield Church, Glasgow. In 1976 he was called to be the minister of Dornoch Cathedral in Dornoch, Sutherland, where he was to spend the next 21 years.
During his years there, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Aberdeen University.
He was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, serving from May 1994 to May 1995.
In 1997 he demitted his charge at Dornoch to become an "Interim Minister" for several years (helping congregations to working through periods of transition). His first post as an Interim Minister was Almondbank Tibbermore Church in Perthshire. This was followed by other periods at St Leonard's, Scone Old, Crieff, Bankfoot and Brechin Cathedral. He retired in 1999.
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James Simpson (minister)
James A. Simpson (1934 - 30 May 2024) was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1994–95 - the first from a Highland parish since James Gunn Matheson (from Portree Parish Church on the Isle of Skye) in 1975.
Simpson was born in Glasgow in 1934. He attended Eastwood High School in Newton Mearns.
After graduating from the University of Glasgow with first class honours in Mathematics and Physics, Simpson had contemplated a career studying atomic research. At the time, however, there were no vacancies at Harwell, which concentrated on developing peaceful uses of atomic power.
The only career opportunities were at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, which specialised in developing nuclear weapons. Not wanting to spend his life in the manufacture of nuclear bombs, he chose to study Divinity at the University of Glasgow.
He was ordained on 21 September 1960. His ministry began in Grahamston Parish Church in Falkirk, followed by St. John's Renfield Church, Glasgow. In 1976 he was called to be the minister of Dornoch Cathedral in Dornoch, Sutherland, where he was to spend the next 21 years.
During his years there, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Aberdeen University.
He was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, serving from May 1994 to May 1995.
In 1997 he demitted his charge at Dornoch to become an "Interim Minister" for several years (helping congregations to working through periods of transition). His first post as an Interim Minister was Almondbank Tibbermore Church in Perthshire. This was followed by other periods at St Leonard's, Scone Old, Crieff, Bankfoot and Brechin Cathedral. He retired in 1999.