After studying at the University of Edinburgh, Ralph was ordained assistant minister at Dunfermline in 1711.

He ratified the protests which his brother laid on the table of the assembly after being rebuked for his synod sermon, but he did not formally withdraw from the establishment till 1737.

When the severance took place over the oath administered to burgesses, he adhered, along with his brother, to the burgher section.

There is a larger than life size bronze statue of Ralph Erskine on a pedestal, not far from the High Street in the centre of Dunfermline.

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