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Church of Scotland
UK News

First Asian female Church of Scotland minister to be ordained

by Aaron James

Aquila Singh, a former computing teacher, will be ordained and inducted into Fernhill and Cathkin Parish Church in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, on January 12.

She said she was "delighted" to have been called to her first charge and is excited at the prospect of leading the congregation and working with the local community.

Pakistan-born Miss Singh moved to Scotland when she was two and said she was pleased to be able to "break down some misconceptions" about who could be a minister.

She follows in the footsteps of her paternal grandfather, who was a minister for the American Mission Presbyterian Church in India and helped create a place of worship in Moga, Punjab in 1934.

Miss Singh, whose uncle was a Christian minister in Lahore, Pakistan, said: "I am still me but God has changed me in subtle ways and has been equipping me with the tools that I will need to serve him.

"I am delighted that Fernhill and Cathkin Parish Church has called me to be their minister and excited to be working with them and the local community.

"I don't feel like a trailblazer but I like to think that maybe I can break down some misconceptions about who can be a minister."

 
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