Alan McDonald (moderator)
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Rt. Rev. Alan D. McDonald is a parish minister and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, from the Assembly of May 2006 until May 2007.
He was born in Glasgow and trained initially as a lawyer (gaining an LLB from the University of Strathclyde). He studied for the ministry at New College, Edinburgh (B.D. MTh). He served as assistant minister in Greenside Parish Church, Edinburgh, and then was a community minister in West Pilton, Edinburgh. He served for 15 years in Holburn Central Church, Aberdeen, before being called, in 1998, to the Fife parishes of Cameron and St Leonards (St Andrews).
He was convener of the General Assembly's Church and Nation committee for four years until May 2004.
He succeeded Rev. David Lacy as moderator in May 2006.
Alan is married and has two children.
