Ken Newell

Kenneth Norman Ernest Newell, OBE, is a retired Irish Presbyterian minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (June 2004 – 2005), and was the minister of Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, until his retirement on 21 September 2008.

Ken Newell OBE
Newell in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast in 2013
Born	Kenneth Norman Ernest Newell 1942 (age 82–83) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupations	Presbyterian minister Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Biography

Newell was born in Belfast in 1942, just after the Blitz. In 1976, at the height of the Troubles, he returned to Belfast from a teaching post on the island of Timor in Indonesia.^[1]

He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (June 2004 – 2005), and was the minister of Fitzroy Presbyterian Church^[when?] until his retirement on 21 September 2008.^[2]

His time as a minister was marked by a commitment^{[citation needed]} to peacemaking, and he was responsible for building relationships^[vague] in communities in Belfast.^[1]

Books

• Captured by a Vision (2016) Colourpoint Books, ISBN 978-1780731032^[3]