The next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Minister of Maze Presbyterian Church, Rev William Henry, has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity.
It is a tradition of the Church to acknowledge the incoming Moderator with this honour, which was conferred by the Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland at its annual graduation ceremony at the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s Assembly Buildings in Belfast.
Dr Henry, the youngest moderator in recent records, was one of a number of recipients of awards, which included five ministry students at Union Theological College graduating with Postgraduate Diploma in Ministry and two students graduating with Graduate Certificates in Youth Ministry.
Rev Professor Michael McClenahan, Professor of Systematic Theology at UTC, spoke about the years that he had known the Moderator-Designate, which included an eight week placement in Dr Henry’s Maze congregation as part of his application for the ministry.
Describing him as his “respected brother in Jesus Christ and as a minister of the Gospel of God,” Professor McClenahan also spoke of the Dr Henry’s clear sense of God’s call on his life to the ministry.
This included serving in Whiteabbey Presbyterian Church, as Assistant Minister to Rev Trevor Gribben, who is now Clerk of the General Assembly, and Dr Henry’s call to Maze Presbyterian Church…
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