Guest Speaker - Bob Akroyd

Chair of Systematic Theology at the Edinburgh Theological Seminary
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Bob grew up in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.  He came to Edinburgh in 1990. Attending Buccleuch Free Church and listening to tapes of the late Douglas MacMillan, Bob was converted in 1993. He studied at the Free Church College from 1996 – 1999 and was afterwards ordained as Assistant Minister at Buccleuch Free Church where he served for more than 13 years. Bob has also served as a Prison Chaplain at Saughton Prison, an honorary Chaplain at Edinburgh University and a volunteer at Bethany Christian Trust.  In 2012, Bob was appointed to the Chair of Systematic Theology at the Free Church College. Bob is married to Heather and they live in Edinburgh.