Ewan Aitken
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Ewan Aitken (born 1962 in Paisley[1]) was a minister of the Church of Scotland. In May 2014 he became the chief executive officer of Cyrenians.[2] Previously, he was the Secretary of the Church of Scotland's Church and Society Council between 2008 and 2014. He is a member of the Iona Community and the Christians on the Left.
After attending Woodmill High School in Dunfermline, he studied Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex where he graduated BA (Hons) in 1985. In 1990, he graduated BD (Hons) with a degree in Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.[3][4]
Ministry
In 1992 he was ordained as a minister of the Church of Scotland. He became assistant minister at South Leith Parish Church followed by a year as locum minister at St Andrew's Church in Gisborne, New Zealand. He then served from 1995 until 2002 as the minister of St Margaret's Parish Church[5] in Restalrig, Edinburgh. He worked at the Church of Scotland Offices in Edinburgh as Secretary of the Church and Society Council from 2008 until 2014.[6]
