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

Life

He studied at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA in 1912.

From 1921 to 1937 he worked as a missionary in Cajamarca, Peru. 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.

He died at Inverness on 21 September 1986 and was buried with his wife Mary, who predeceased him, in the churchyard of Kingussie Parish Church.

Family

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

• 1891 births
• 1986 deaths
• Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
• 20th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland
• 20th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
• Scottish Presbyterian missionaries
• Presbyterian missionaries in Peru