The General Assembly direct the Board of Ministry to investigate the possibility of regular study leave for established ministers, with their being able to attend classes at the College in person, and also for personal mentoring by Professors of such ministers attending the College for specific areas of study. …
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The General Assembly enact the following regulations relating to the absence from duty of a Professor at the Free Church College. Absence from duty under this Act will fall into four categories as follows: (1) Leave due to illness; (2) Annual Leave; (3) Compassionate Leave; (4) Special Leave. 1. …
The General Assembly note the reasons given by the College Board for not moving immediately to the appointment of a full-time Professor of Practical Theology, and direct that no appointment be made before the General Assembly of 2014. They authorise the Professor of Systematic Theology to be responsible for …
The General Assembly direct the Board of Ministry to make financial provision up to a total of £5,000 in each case for Probationers who fail to secure Job Seekers’ Allowance over the period between the end of the Church’s financial provision and ordination, this period to last no longer …
The General Assembly direct the Board of Ministry to require all students commencing their theological preparation for the Free Church ministry to sign a declaration promising that, should they fall from their intention to enter the Church’s ministry, they will reimburse the Church for any monies received to enable …
The General Assembly direct that extract minutes from the General Assembly to Presbyteries, Kirk Sessions and Deacons’ Courts, be made known to all members of the relevant Court, the means to achieve this to be left to the discretion of the Courts themselves. …
The General Assembly ordain that in future elections of Assembly Commissioners by the Presbyteries of the Church the following procedure shall apply: The Assembly Arrangements Committee at their meeting in the January before the General Assembly shall set the number of Commissioners from each Presbytery, and inform Presbyteries immediately …
1. The policy of the Free Church of Scotland on marriage is set out in the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 24, to which standard all ministers and office-bearers subscribe at their ordination. In particular paragraph 1 states that: “marriage is to be between one man and one woman: …
The General Assembly note the production of the new Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines. They instruct the Board of Trustees to circulate the document to Presbyteries and Kirk Sessions. The General Assembly instruct all Kirk Sessions to adopt and implement the Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines issued by the Board of …
The General Assembly note that the Widows’ Fund will now be known as the Widows’ Benevolent Fund. …