First black leader of Methodist Church in Ireland takes up role Rev Dr Sahr Yamasu says he is anxious for ‘huge role and responsibility’
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The first black leader of one of Ireland’s main churches has said his role sends out a very positive message to the country’s immigrant community.
Rev Dr Sahr Yamasu (63), a native of Sierra Leone, succeeds Rev Tom McKnight as president of the Methodist Church after a ceremony in south Belfast on Wednesday evening.
“I have butterflies in my tummy,” he told The Irish Times ahead of his installation, where he was joined by his wife Clodagh, a daughter of a prominent Methodist family in Longford who is also a minister in the church.