Derek Prime (20 February 1931 – 28 March 2020) was a Scottish

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minister and author.

Biography

Prime became a Christian at the age of 13, before completing his

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with the

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. He studied at

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. After several years working as a teacher, he became the minister of Lansdowne Evangelical Free Church in

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. In 1966, he was appointed president of the

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and was influential in making the case for the fellowship's continued existence. In 1969, he became the minister of Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh for 18 years, where he mentored

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as his assistant. Prime retired from the pastorate in 1987, and in later years, wrote several books on

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and various commentaries on the

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Selected bibliography

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prime, Derek 1931 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 20th-century Scottish Baptist ministers 20th-century Scottish male writers 20th-century Scottish non-fiction writers 21st-century Calvinist and Reformed Christians 21st-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 21st-century Scottish male writers 21st-century Scottish non-fiction writers Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Calvinist and Reformed writers Scottish evangelicals Scottish male non-fiction writers Writers from London