David W. Torrance

David W. Torrance
Church of Scotland minister
ChurchChurch of Scotland
Personal details
Born (1924-06-22) 22 June 1924 (age 100)
DenominationPresbyterian
ParentsThomas Torrance
Annie Elizabeth Sharpe

David Wishart Torrance (born 22 June 1924) is a retired Church of Scotland minister and part of the well-known Torrance family of theologians and Christian ministers. He is the youngest of six children to Rev Thomas Torrance (1871–1959) and Annie Elizabeth Torrance (1883–1980), both missionaries to Chengdu, Sichuan of West China.

Like his two brothers, Thomas F. Torrance and James B. Torrance, David became a church minister in the Church of Scotland. He was ordained on 14 November 1955.[1] He served in three parishes across Scotland; Livingston, Summerhill Church in Aberdeen, and Earlston in the Scottish Borders.[2]

Unlike his two brothers, he did not go onto academic work. David continued in church ministry until his retirement from Earlston Parish Church in 1991.[2][3]

He published a series of memoirs titled 'The Reluctant Minister' in 2015.[4]

Personal life

His wife was a medical practitioner who died in 2008.[5] His son, also named David Torrance, followed his father into Church of Scotland ministry. He died in October 2023.[6]

He now lives in North Berwick.[7] And, according to the Church of Scotland's records of 2023-2024, only eight other surviving Church of Scotland ministers have been ordained longer than him.[1] He turned 100 on 22 June 2024.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Section 6: List I: Ministers Ordained for Sixty Years or More". Church of Scotland Yearbook 2023-24. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press. 2023. p. 287.
  2. ^ a b Torrance, David W. "Autobiography". Living by Faith. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ Torrance, David W. (2015). The Reluctant Minister: Memoirs by David W. Torrance. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. ISBN 978-1498232906.
  4. ^ "THE RELUCTANT MINISTER". Handsel Press. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ^ "David Torrance, the Reluctant Minister (1924-) « A Donald MacLeod". adonaldmacleod.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  6. ^ "David J. Torrance | The T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship". tftorrance.org. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Section 5: Presbytery of Lothian and the Borders". Church of Scotland Yearbook 2023-24. p. 93.
  8. ^ "Happy 100th birthday, David W. Torrance!". tftorrance.org. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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