John Kennedy of Killearnan

John Kennedy (1772 – 10 January 1841) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland who served at Killearnan from 1814 until his death.

He was licensed to preach on 24 November 1795 and served as a schoolmaster in Lochcarron before being ordained on 5 December 1798 as minister at Lochbroom.

[1] In 1921, Donald Beaton wrote, "Of all the northern ministers there is scarcely any name that stands higher in the estimation of the Church of God than that of the Rev.

"[2] Hew Scott described him in 1928 as "one of the most popular ministers in the North Highlands for his saintly character, his acknowledged abilities and preaching powers.

"[1] Leonella Longmore calls Kennedy a "Billy Graham of the early nineteenth century" and notes that his "preaching was such that to hear him some of the faithful would walk twenty to thirty miles every Sunday.