John Calvin MacKay

The Rev John Calvin MacKay (1891–1986) was a Free Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1942.

Life
Kincardine and Criock Free Church

He studied at Edinburgh University graduating MA in 1912.[1]

From 1921 to 1937 he worked as a missionary in Cajamarca in Peru.[2] On his return to Scotland he was ordained at the joint parishes of Kincardine and Croick in Sutherland. In May 1942 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly.[3]

He died at Inverness on 21 September 1986 and was buried with his wife in the churchyard of Kingussie Parish Church.[4]

Family

He married Mary Rachel MacKenzie Munro (1889-1967). Their son Angus David Hope Mackay died whilst a child.

Publications
  • The Threefold Secret of the Living Church (1942)

References


  1. Edinburgh University Journal 1987
  2. Preserving a Reformed Heritage J W Keddie
  3. Proceedings of the Free Church of Scotland 1942
  4. "Rev John Calvin MacKay MA Died: 21 Sep 1986 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves.
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