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James Moffett

Obituary of James Moffett, church minister; born November 3, 1916; died February 2, 2008. James (Bertie) Moffett, who has died aged 92, was one of the last (if not the last) surviving ministers of the Original Secession Church, which rejoined the Church of Scotland in 1956.

Moffett's father was a lay preacher in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland, so it was perhaps no surprise that he felt drawn to the ministry. After completing his studies in divinity, he was licensed to preach in 1940, and came to Scotland in 1941 to serve as a locum in two congregations of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, first in Paisley, then in Loanhead.

In 1942, he was ordained as minister of the United Original Secession Church in Kilwinning and, in 1947, was called to the United Original Secession Church in Wellmeadow, Paisley. When the Original Secession Church came back into the Church of Scotland in 1956, Moffett became a minister of the Church of Scotland. In 1969, congregations at Wellmeadow and St George's East united to form the new charge of St Matthew's, where Moffett remained as minister until he retired in 1979.

Full story at The Herald.