David Wishart Torrance (born 22 June 1924) is a retired Church of Scotland minister and part of the well-known Torrance family of theologians and Christian ministers.
He is the youngest of six children to Rev Thomas Torrance (1871–1959) and Annie Elizabeth Torrance (1883–1980), both missionaries to Chengdu, Sichuan of West China.
[1] He served in three parishes across Scotland; Livingston, Summerhill Church in Aberdeen, and Earlston in the Scottish Borders.
[2][3] He published a series of memoirs titled 'The Reluctant Minister' in 2015.
[5] His son, also named David Torrance, followed his father into Church of Scotland ministry.