Templepatrick Minister on the Moderator list

REV Richard Kerr, the minister of Templepatrick Presbyterian Church, is one of the names that will go before next month’s meeting of presbyteries for nomination as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

The Church’s 19 regional bodies will meet separately across Ireland on 3 February to select one of the four ministers to become ‘Moderator-Designate’, who will in turn be nominated to June’s General Assembly to serve as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland for 2026-2027.

Mr Kerr has been minister of Templepatrick Presbyterian Church since he was ordained minister of the congregation in 2005.

Together with his short-listed colleagues, they have a combined ministerial experience since their ordinations of more than 110 years, having served in over 10 congregations between them across six counties during the past four decades, both north and south of the border.

This year’s short-listed ministers along with Mr Kerr are: Rev Dr Jonathan Curry, minister of First Magherafelt Presbyterian Church; Rev Ker Graham, minister of Clarkesbridge and First Newtownhamilton Presbyterian Church, Garmany’s Grove and McKelvey’s Grove Presbyterian Churches; and Rev Mairisíne Stanfield, minister of City Church, Bangor.

The successful candidate will be the 180th person to hold PCI’s highest office.