This Year's Speaker

The Very Reverend Doctor Andrew McLellan was HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland from 2002 until 2009. He is a minister of the Church of Scotland. As a parish minister he lived and worked first in Greenock and then in Stirling. In Greenock he was elected a member of the District Council and served as a university tutor; in Stirling he was a prison chaplain. Then he served as minister of St Andrew’s and St George’s in the centre of Edinburgh for sixteen years. During that time the interest of that congregation was focused both on working with the city centre business and retail community and on aid for the world’s poor. For four years he was the convener of the Church and Nation Committee of the Church of Scotland, which deals with social and political matters on behalf of the church; and, also for four years, the convener of the Parish Development Fund which supports new forms of mission and service. In 2000 he was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He is the author of two books arising out of his experience as preacher and as Moderator; and he was a Director of Scottish Television and chairman of the Scottish Advisory Committee on Religious Broadcasting for the BBC. He was awarded the CBE in 2009.

His books - with links to Amazon

Gentle and Passionate: Reflections from a Year as Moderator (On Reflection)

Preaching for These People (Mowbray Preaching)