A Church of England minister who has a ‘heart for the north of Scotland’ has accepted a call to be minister of Thurso & North Coast Free Church – part of the Free Church of Scotland.
Jerry Taylor has been welcomed into ministry in the FCoS after serving for 15 years in the C of E. ‘We are encouraged that when the Lord calls, He equips, and He will provide,’ he said.
Jerry has been married to June for over 20 years and they have three sons: Magnus, 19, Erlend, 17, and Olaf, 14. They have been living near Leicester where Jerry has served as a Church of England minister in a small post-industrial town and a rural village for the past 12 years. June was raised in Shetland and has roots in Orkney.
There have been several factors in moving to the Free Church of Scotland, said Jerry, including the theological unity on key doctrines in the Free Church, especially on the uniqueness of Jesus as Saviour, and the vision for a Healthy Gospel Church for Every Community in Scotland. He looks forward to ‘more Jesus, more gospel’.
‘The Healthy Gospel Church vision is an important and compelling vision for the church. It seems that the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few,’ he said, ‘but that we have a big God’.
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