She was ordained in the Church of Scotland in May 1988, originally serving Largo and Newburn with Largo: St David's. After 17 years in Largo, she served in Abbotshall Parish Church in Kirkcaldy. Since March 2017, she has served as the Minister for the parish of Bowden and Melrose in the Scottish Borders.[2]
Within the denomination, she has been Presbytery Clerk of the former Kirkcaldy Presbytery. In 2019, Frew became convener of the Ministries Council then the first convener of the Faith Nurture Forum.[3]
On 19 December 2022, she conducted the funeral of Doddie Weir in Melrose Parish Church.[4]
Moderator of Church of Scotland
Fiona Smith and Rosemary Frew meeting first minister John Swinney in June 2025
On 31 December 2024, it was announced that Frew has been nominated to serve as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.[3] She took her place on 17 May 2025[1] and she will serve until May 2026.[3] Her Principal Clerk will be Fiona Smith who had welcomed the appointment of Lady Elish Angiolini as Lord High Commissioner to the 2025 General Assembly.[5]
Frew described her appointment as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland as "incredibly humbling", saying she was humbled by the fact she has "the qualities needed for the role".[6] She vowed to bring her "faith, hope, passions and enthusiasm to the position".[6] She had previously been approached several times prior to her appointment to the position about the possibility to assuming the role in the place, but claimed it was "easy to say no" as she didn't feel the time was right prior to her eventual appointment in May 2025.[6]
Personal life
She was raised in Clarkston, in East Renfrewshire, before moving to Linlithgow when she was 14. She was raised within the Church of Scotland, being part of Giffnock South Church, and then St Michael's Church in Linlithgow where she later became a Sunday School teacher and a member of the Youth Fellowship.[3]
She is married to Dave, and has two grown-up children, Peter and Bex.[2][7]
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