Rev. Dr. Ken Newell

Reverend Doctor Ken Newell is a minister and former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Ordained in 1968, he taught New Testament Studies in the Evangelical Church of Timor, Indonesia (1972 - 1975). In 1976 he received a call to Fitzroy Church and served there until his retirement in 2008. The Christian spirituality nurtured in Fitzroy during the Troubles found expression in a peace-building engagement within the city of Belfast that was often seething with anger. In 1999, Ken's friendship with Father Gerry Reynolds of Clonard Monastery was recognised in the award of the Pax Christi International Peace Prize.