Martin Fair

W. Martin Fair (born 1964) is a minister of the Church of Scotland and Moderator of its General Assembly for 2020–2021. He has also served as the minister at St Andrews Parish Church in Arbroath, Angus since 1992.[1]


Martin Fair
Moderator of the General Assembly
ChurchArbroath: St Andrew's
In officeMay 2020 - May 2021
PredecessorColin Sinclair
Orders
Ordination1992
Personal details
NationalityBritish
DenominationChristian
ResidenceArbroath, Angus
SpouseElaine
Children3 Sons
OccupationMinister of Word and Sacrament
EducationStrathclyde University, University of Glasgow, Princeton Theological Seminary

Early life and education

Fair grew up in Thornliebank on the southside of Glasgow, Scotland. Dr Fair was brought up in Spiersbridge Church, now called Thornliebank Parish Church, and his wife Elaine, a primary school teacher by profession, was his childhood sweetheart. They were married on 4 July 1987.[2] The couple grew up on the same street and attended the same school.[1]

Ordained ministry

He has served as the Minister of St Andrew's Parish Church, Arbroath for the whole of his ministry, since being ordained in 1992.

He has served on the Mission & Discipleship Council of the denomination, becoming a vice-convener in time, chairing the Church Without Walls committee.

On 21 October 2019, it was announced that he had been nominated as the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was elected to the position by a Commission of Assembly and installed on 16 May 2020. Uniquely, due to the COVID-19_pandemic, Dr Fair was installed as Moderator in a special ceremony attended by a handful of people but live-streamed to the Kirk. Dr Fair moderated an online Assembly held in October 2020 in place of the usual Assembly which would have been held in May 2020. He will be succeeded as Moderator by Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness in May 2021.

Personal life

He was born in Glasgow in 1964. He is married to Elaine; they have three sons: Callum, 23, Andrew, 20 and Fraser, 18 (ages as of October 2019).

In the autumn of 2017 he fell awkwardly and was left without the use of his left arm.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Rev Dr Martin Fair is Moderator Designate for 2020-21". Church of Scotland. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. "Ministry Team". St Andrew's Parish Church. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. "Minister counting blessings despite losing use of arm in freak fall". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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