Norman elected new Moderator

LURGAN born, the Rev Norman Hamilton, was elected on Tuesday night as the new Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Mar 2010, 09:53 BST
Updated 3rd Mar 2010, 09:58 BST

He defeated Newtownards Minister, the Rev Norman McAuley, 11-8 in a vote of the Presbyteries around Ireland.

The 63-year-old Moderator-Designate has been Minister of Ballysillan Presbyterian Church in North Belfast and has been prominently involved in peace and reconciliation work along the peace line in that area for the past two decades.

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For this work he was awarded an OBE in 2007 and he said he was greatly humbled and surprised at his elevation to Moderator.

“I hope during my year in office to bring a very Biblical perspective to a wide range of issues that are important to society,” said Mr Hamilton, a former civil servant who entered the Church ministry in 1980.

Mr Hamilton, who was educated at Portadown College and Trinity College Dublin, belonged to First Lurgan Presbyterian Church and he is married with one daughter.

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