REVD Helen Cameron became the Free Churches Moderator in April 2022.
She is also the president of Churches Together in England.
Who is the Free Churches Moderator Revd Helen Cameron?
Helen trained as a physiotherapist in Edinburgh with a specialism in stroke rehabilitation and while working in York she was a candidate for the ordained ministry.
Her first ministerial appointment was at Longbridge and Frankley.
The church in Frankley was a Local Ecumenical Partnership with local churches working together.
She currently serves as Chair of the Northampton District and from 2015 -2017 she was Assistant Secretary of the Methodist Conference.
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She is a Methodist presbyter who was born in North Yorkshire and both her parents were local Methodist preachers.
Helen took up the position of Moderator on April, 1, 2022, taking over the post from Revd Dr Hugh Osgood who had held the post since 2014.
The Free Church of England is a Christian church in the Anglican tradition and rooted in a Reformed Catholic heritage, according to its website.
It was founded in the 19th century when a number of congregations broke away from the Church of England.
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The Free Churches Group (FCG) currently totals 26 member denominations: the Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Reformed Church, the Salvation Army, the Assemblies of God, the Congregational Federation, the Baptist Union of Wales, Christ Apostolic Church, Church of God of Prophecy, the Church of The Nazarene, Churches in Communities International, the Council of African & Caribbean Churches UK, the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, the Fellowship of Churches of Christ, the Free Church of England, the Free Methodist Church, the Independent Methodist Churches, the Joint Council of Churches for All Nations, the Moravian Church, the New Testament Assembly, the New Testament Church of God, the Old Baptist Union, the Order of St Leonard, the Presbyterian Church of Wales, the Union of Welsh Independents and the Wesleyan Reform Union.
The idea is to use local churches to nurture social cohesion in communities.
The FCG engages “with issues of good governance for all, care for the poor, for matters of social justice and the insistence that quieter voices should be heard, and not ignored,” according to the Methodist website.
What is the role of the Free Churches Moderator?
Revd Helen Cameron is the 61st Moderator of the Free Churches.
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The Church Moderator fulfils a neutral role when presiding at regular and special called business meetings.
The Moderator will work to establish a common voice for the group and be the focal point of its public presence helping to maintain and strengthen links with other key organisations not just religious ones but such groups as Prisoners Abroad.
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