Finlay Moir was a Dundee-born lawyer and campaigner who might have pursued his career as a solicitor had it not been for his encounter with an army chaplain with whom he shared a tent in India during World War II.
The padre encouraged Moir 'to let God run my life if the Almighty would take me on. I discovered that if I listened, God would speak to me in my heart… The conviction that God might have a plan for my life was like a reed to a drowning man.” It was the beginning of 'a great adventure” which continued throughout his life.
Leaving the army after World War II, Moir worked with MRA for the rest of his life. He and his wife, Kath, lived in Aberdeen for over 30 years. They played a critical role in helping to build trust between Scottish and French fishermen, at a time of difficult relations over European fishing rights. This led to a fishing agreement known as Blue Europe, which a former President of the European Parliament called 'miraculous'.
Moir campaigned for an end to Apartheid in South Africa, though his membership of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Moving to Edinburgh in 1998, he and Kath became Elders at Liberton Kirk.
