Ken Newell

Kenneth Norman Ernest Newell, OBE, is a retired Irish Presbyterian minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (June 2004 – 2005), and was the minister of Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, until his retirement on 21 September 2008.

Ken Newell

OBE
Newell in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast in 2013
Born
Kenneth Norman Ernest Newell

1942 (age 80–81)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
OccupationsPresbyterian minister
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Biography

Newell was born in Belfast in 1942, just after the Blitz. In 1976, at the height of the Troubles, he returned to Belfast from a teaching post on the island of Timor in Indonesia.[1]

He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (June 2004 – 2005), and was the minister of Fitzroy Presbyterian Church until his retirement on 21 September 2008.[2]

His time as a minister was marked by a commitment to peacemaking, and he was responsible for building relationships in communities in Belfast.[1]

Books
  • Captured by a Vision (2016) Colourpoint Books, ISBN 978-1780731032[3]

References
  1. McIlwaine, Eddie (30 April 2016). "Blessed is this peacemaker, as Ken Newell reveals in new memoir". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. "Fitzroy Presbyterian Church : Leadership".
  3. "Captured by a Vision: A Memoir Paperback – 22 April 2016". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2022.


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