The General Assembly empower the Training of the Ministry and Admissions Committee (i) to make available to the Free Church candidates for the ministry not eligible for a government-sponsored student loan a sum by way of grant equal to the total of that which such a student would have …
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The General Assembly instruct the Training of the Ministry Committee to implement a Placement of Students Scheme in the following terms: 1. Ordinarily placement of students will be at the end of the first year of three year course and at the end of the second year of four …
The General Assembly, desiring that the financial contribution of each Congregation may be related to the situation of the Church as a whole, and that Congregational categories and groups reflect expenditure by the Church on stipends, Employer’s National Insurance, and pension provision, direct as follows: 1. There shall be …
The General Assembly instruct that there be added to the chapter of “The Practice” on Discipline the following SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER ON DISCIPLINE Evidence of Persons unable to attend a Church Court A witness whose evidence is deemed likely to be material may not be able to attend the …
The General Assembly authorise the establishment of a fund, to be called the Widows’ Fund and to be administered by, and at the discretion of, the Finance, Law and Advisory Committee, for the benefit of widows in necessitous circumstances of Ministers, Professors, Missionaries and Lay Agents of the Church, …
The General Assembly decree that congregations in receipt of grants from the Church and Manse Building Fund for major projects shall not make appeals to the Church at large without the express approval of the Presbytery of the bounds and the Finance, Law and Advisory Committee. …
The General Assembly enact as follows: Leave of Absence Absence from duty is designated ‘leave’ and 2 categories are recognised: 1. Sick Leave. 2. Leave for reasons other than illness. 5. Leave of Absence for Foreign Missionaries Leave of Absence for foreign missionaries shall be granted in accordance with …