1. Derek Browning was born on 24 May 1962 and is a minister of the Church of Scotland, who was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from May 2017 to May 2018.
16 Facts About Derek Browning
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Derek Browning was born on 24 May 1962 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Derek Browning was educated at North Berwick High School, a state secondary school in North Berwick, East Lothian.
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Derek Browning read history at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts degree.
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Derek Browning trained for ordained ministry at St Mary's College, St Andrews, and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the University of St Andrews specialising in ecclesiastical history.
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Derek Browning later studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, graduating with a Doctor of Ministry degree in 1997: he was the first Church of Scotland minister to graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary with a Doctor of Ministry degree.
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Derek Browning's thesis was on the roles of leadership and the management of change within the Church.
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Derek Browning was minister at Cupar Old Parish Church, in Cupar, Fife and thereafter minister at Morningside Parish Church in Edinburgh.
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In October 2016, Browning was nominated to succeed Russell Barr as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
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On 4 September 2017, Derek Browning blessed the new Queensferry Crossing on the River Forth before the Bridge was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
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In October 2017, Derek Browning visited Rome where he had a private audience with Pope Francis.
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Derek Browning rededicated the refurbished St Andrew's Church in Tiberias.
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Derek Browning had an audience with King Abdullah II in Amman.
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In February 2018 Derek Browning preached in Dunfermline Abbey at the 200th anniversary of the finding of the bones of King Robert the Bruce.
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In May 2018 Derek Browning preached at the Liberation Day service on Guernsey.
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Derek Browning is a member of the New Club, Edinburgh.