Robert McGhee was a prominent Church of Scotland minister and evangelist who championed the conservative, evangelical movement in Scotland throughout the second half of the 20th century. He was a signatory of the Manila Manifesto and was nominated for the position of Moderator several times.
McGhee was born in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, on 29 July 1929, the first son of Robert McGhee (who had set up various missions and Sunday Schools in some of...
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Robert McGhee was a prominent Church of Scotland minister and evangelist who championed the conservative, evangelical movement in Scotland throughout the second half of the 20th century. He was a signatory of the Manila Manifesto and was nominated for the position of Moderator several times.
McGhee was born in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, on 29 July 1929, the first son of Robert McGhee (who had set up various missions and Sunday Schools in some of Glasgow's most deprived areas) and Catherine Hawthorn Ferguson. Like several members of his family, McGhee was Dux of his school before serving two years in the Royal Air Force. Originally trained as an accountant, McGhee almost signed up for a career as a Premiership footballer with Preston North End (FA Cup finalists that year) but instead chose to go to Glasgow University to study Divinity in 1954, becoming proficient in Latin, Hebrew, and particularly Greek. He took his BD from Trinity College, Glasgow under the tutelage of William...
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