1. The General Assembly direct that Presbyteries should approve of any arrangement proposed by a congregation for locally appointed resident supply and that Presbyteries should liaise with the Board of Ministry before approving any local arrangement placing a non-ordained person or a minister of another church in charge of …
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The General Assembly instruct the Youth Committee to provide an annual programme of optional memory work in Scripture and Catechism for use in Sunday Schools and inaugurate an annual non-competitive scheme to acknowledge each of our Sunday School children within the Free Church of Scotland. …
The General Assembly welcome the formulation of the Mission Board strategy document for the mission work of the Church. They instruct that this strategy document be adopted by the Church. They thank the Board for its consultation with Presbyteries and Board’s whilst compiling the document. …
The General Assembly, recognising the costs and family implications regarding candidates for the Free Church Ministry resident in North America and undertaking their studies for the ministry in Scotland, ordain as follows. 1. They instruct the Board of Ministry to treat applications from such candidates on a case-by-case basis. …
The General Assembly instruct the Board of Ministry to arrange for the on-going training of ministers as follows: 1. The Board of Ministry shall arrange for an In-Service Training Conference to be held each year. Ministers shall be required to attend once every three years. 2. Each Presbytery shall …
The General Assembly approve the proposals for a process of continuous review of the training curriculum at ETS. They declare that the practice of the Board of Ministry appointing external examiners to re-mark course work at ETS be discontinued. …
The General Assembly instruct the Board to cease trading through the physical Bookshop by early 2018 and make necessary arrangements to provide core services to the Church through other routes. The Board record their appreciation for the work undertaken by the Bookshop Manager, Mr Charles Douglas and his willingness …
The General Assembly approve the Board’s proposal to create a Communications Oversight Group and Media Group as sub-groups of the Board of Trustees, with remit and membership as outline in Appendix 2 of the Board’s report. The General Assembly instruct the Board to review The Record and Compass and …
The General Assembly declare that the Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation is not the appropriate legal form for any Free Church congregation and reaffirm that Free Church congregations should register with OCSR using the legal form of unincorporated association and the standard, OSCR approved, Free Church congregational constitution, as embodied …
The General Assembly endorse the Board’s plan to support growth through a change to the remittances scheme. They declare that the congregational fixed allowance be reduced from £25,000 to £23,000, and that the fixed allowance for assistant ministers be reduced from £15,000 to £14,000, effective 1st January 2018. The …