The General Assembly welcome the Training Handbook 2024/25. They instruct the Board of Ministry to update and publish this Handbook on an annual basis to provide a clear summary of all legislation and guidelines related to training. …
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The General Assembly note the difficulties encountered by Presbyteries when appointing in hunc effectum meetings arising from the restriction in The Practice of the Free Church of Scotland, Chapter 2, Part 1, Paragraph 10.1., that the resolution appointing such a meeting must be engrossed in the minutes of the …
The General Assembly appoint a group to study the theology of marriage, separation, and divorce in the life of Ministers and Office-bearers. They declare that the group shall include one representative each from the Board of Ministry, ETS, and the Mission Board, and the Assembly Clerks’ Office, and up …
The General Assembly note the Church’s legal requirement to conform to the terms of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR, which controls how personal information is used by organisations, businesses, or the government. They approve of the action taken by the Principal Clerk and the Legal …
1. The General Assembly, noting the recommendation of the Assembly Business Committee, declare that the practice of appointing a Committee of the Assembly to examine the records of Boards and Committees be discontinued. They instruct the Assembly Business Committee to carry out the annual examination of such records along …
The General Assembly, desiring the nurture, growth, and wellbeing of the people of God, and recognising the need for discipline within the life of the Church as a biblical principle that helps to secure such development, and seeking to revise and update the disciplinary processes of the Church to …
The General Assembly, seeking to ensure the greatest possible efficiency and equity in the election by Presbyteries of their Commissioners to the General Assembly, and to ensure that the interests of all the constituted gatherings of the people of God are accounted for in the representations of Presbyteries, with …