The Commission of Assembly has announced Rev. David Court as the Moderator Designate for the 2027 General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland.
Rev Lachie Macdonald, Principal Clerk of the General Assembly, said: “David will be an excellent Moderator due to his long ministry in the Church of Scotland and now in the Free Church of Scotland. His breadth of ministry experience and pastoral care will be of great benefit.”
David was brought up in Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire where he belonged to Abbeygreen Church. He completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Geography at the University of Strathclyde between 1980 – 1984. He then went to the University of Glasgow between 1985- 1988 to complete a Bachelor of Divinity.
Following his ordination to the ministry in 1989, David served in the Church of Scotland with congregations in New Restalrig in Edinburgh and Balshagray Victoria Park in Glasgow.
David moved to the Free Church of Scotland in 2013 and a new congregation – Christ Church, Edinburgh- was formed. He is now the Associate Minister of St Columba’s Free Church in Edinburgh.
He is married to Alison, and they have three children, Samuel, Jonathan and Ruth, and two grandsons. He is also an accomplished golfer.