Rev Dr André Johannes Groenewald:

André Johannes Groenewald was born on the 9th of May 1969 in Klerksdorp, North West Province, South Africa. He married Jonanda Klopper on the 26th of February 1999 and has two sons Henro and Nehan.

He studied at the University of Pretoria and graduated with the following degrees: BA, BD, MDiv (cum laude) & DD. The title of his doctoral thesis is: "Nietzsche's impulse towards the development of a concept of God that transcends modern atheism and theism - a philosophical-theological study."

He was ordained in 1994 and inducted into his first charge in April 1995 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He ministered in Cradock until his call to Midrand in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1998. In 2008 he immigrated to Scotland and did a year's placement in Craigsbank, Corstorphine Edinburgh. On the 2nd of April 2009 he was inducted in Kirknewton and East Calder Parish Church.

Sarah Finegan: