Sally Foster-Fulton Explained

Type:priest
Honorific Prefix:The Very Reverend
Moderator of the General Assembly
Church:Church of Scotland
Term:May 2023 to May 2024
Predecessor:Iain Greenshields
Successor:Dr Shaw J. Paterson
Other Post:Associate Minister of Dunblane Cathedral (2007–2017)
Convenor of the Church and Society Council of the Church of Scotland (2012–2016)
Ordination:1999
Birth Place:South Carolina, United States
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Religion:Presbyterian
Residence:Glasgow, Scotland
Spouse:Stuart Fulton
Children:2 daughters
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Sally Foster-Fulton is a Church of Scotland minister, who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from May 2023 to May 2024.

Early life

Foster-Fulton was born and raised in South Carolina, United States. She studied at Presbyterian College, Columbia Theological Seminary, and Trinity College, Glasgow.[1] She was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister in 1999. She was minister of Camelon Irving Parish Church for four years, before serving as co-pastor of the PCUSA congregation in Seneca, South Carolina, alongside her husband, Stuart Fulton.[2]

Church of Scotland

After returning to Scotland in 2007, Foster-Fulton became associate minister at Dunblane Cathedral, where she served for ten years. From 2012 to 2016 she was convenor of the Church and Society Council of the Church of Scotland. Foster-Fulton took up a role with Christian Aid in 2017.[3] She was named as the Church of Scotland's next Moderator in October 2022,[4] and installed in office in May 2023 at the Church's annual General Assembly. She described herself as "beyond humbled, inexpressibly honoured and more than a wee bit excited" to be taking up the role.[5]

On 5 July 2023, and in her role as Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Foster-Fulton gave a homily at the Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication held at Edinburgh's St Giles' Cathedral for the Presentation of the Royal Honours of Scotland to King Charles III.[6]

In May 2024 she was succeeded by Dr Shaw J. Paterson.[7]

Personal life

Foster-Fulton is married to Stuart Fulton, himself a Church of Scotland minister. The couple live in Glasgow and have two adult daughters.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rt Rev Sally Foster-Fulton . . 1 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Remember Who We Are . Life and Work . 1 July 2024.
  3. News: Sugden . Maureen . New moderator elected as King Charles says the church 'inspires'. 20 May 2023 . Herald Scotland . 21 May 2023. Newsquest Media Group.
  4. News: Former Camelon minister Reverence Sally Foster-Fulton named as next Church of Scotland Moderator. 28 October 2022. Falkirk Herald. 21 May 2023. National World Publishing. Jill. Buchanan.
  5. News: Joanne . Macauley . Hundreds of churches will have to close, says Kirk . BBC News . 20 May 2023 . 21 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Moderator gives homily at Honours of Scotland thanksgiving service . The Church of Scotland . 5 July 2023 . 6 July 2023.
  7. Web site: Kindness not brimstone at the heart of the Kirk . Kevin . McKenna . 20 May 2024 . The Glasgow Herald . 1 July 2024.