The General Assembly enact and ordain as follows to contribute to the pastoral care of Ministers and their families. 1.Board Pastoral Team. The General Assembly instruct the Board of Ministry to appoint a team to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to provide pastoral care for ministers and …
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The General Assembly, recognising the pressures of the work of full-time ministry, and desiring to update and revise arrangements for the support of ministers and their wives and families, enact and ordain as follows to coordinate with the work of the Board of Ministry and its Pastoral Team: 1.Presbytery …
SECTION A – TRAINING GENERAL 1.Definitions. The General Assembly note the following definition of terms related to training: 1.1 Foundation Training: a Training Programme for men and women involving various aspects of church life, but not necessarily leading to pastoral ministry. 1.2 Core Training: a Training Programme that is …
The General Assembly, seeking to improve the process for filling vacancies which arise in positions in the Church approved by the Assembly, instruct the Board of Trustees to set up an Appointments Group under its oversight as follows: 1.Remit. The Appointments Group will be responsible for managing the process …
1. The General Assembly, seeking to clarify and update the legislation governing the retirement of Ministers, enact and ordain as follows: 1. Retirement. For a Minister inducted to a charge, or appointed to a full-time or part-time post the following rules apply: 1.1. Retirement shall normally be at State …
The General Assembly, seeking to update the legislation relating to travelling expenses, preaching fees, and resident supply, enact and ordain as follows: 1. Travelling expenses. Travelling and accommodation expenses incurred when carrying out duties for the Church shall be paid by the relevant body. 1.1. Boards and Committees. Expenses …
The General Assembly, recognising that Presbyteries and Congregations may wish to employ suitable persons to supplement the Church’s gospel ministry at a local level, and seeking to regulate such ministry in the Church, enact and ordain as follows: The following definitions apply for the purpose of this Act: 1.Ministry …
The General Assembly, seeking to revise the arrangements regarding categories and records of ministers, enact and ordain that the following rolls and related stipulations shall apply to all ordained ministers and probationers of the Free Church of Scotland. A, ROLLS OF MINISTERS 1.Roll A – Ministers with Charges. …
The General Assembly direct that the Assembly Clerk be empowered to grant access to historical records on receiving a request for access from individuals seeking information for the purposes of study and research on a case-by-case basis. They declare that such access will exclude access to reports of a …
The General Assembly direct that when vacancies arise for the position of Presbytery Clerks, new appointments are made in consultation with the Assembly Clerks’ Office. They instruct the Assembly Clerks’ Office to arrange basic training for Presbytery Clerks on their appointment. They further instruct that Presbytery Clerks should be …
The General Assembly note that from time-to-time, Presbyteries of the Church have delegated powers to their Clerk or to a Committee of Presbytery to set a date for anticipated business requiring an in hunc effectum meeting of Presbytery. The General Assembly declare that a Presbytery may agree in principle …
The General Assembly affirm the sanctity of the Lord’s Day according to the scriptures and the doctrinal standards of this Church. They remind Church courts to avoid all unnecessary meetings on the Lord’s Day particularly where business is of a routine or purely administrative nature. Church Courts may meet …
The General Assembly declare that in all future examinations of records, the attestation will be in the form of an extract of the proceedings of the General Assembly or its Commissions to Presbytery Clerks. They also declare that this form of attestation be used regarding the records of General …
Number 23 of Class 2 The General Assembly, seeking to revise and update arrangements and procedures regarding the application process to become a Candidate for Free Church Ministry and oversight and support of such Candidates before they are licensed to preach the gospel, enact and ordains as follows:The General …
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Number 18 of Class 2The General Assembly instruct Presbyteries to send in their accounts to the Central Office finance team each year. …
Number 16 of Class 2The General Assembly instruct the Edinburgh Theological Seminary Board to ensure that, from 2022 onwards, the Principal’s Report incorporates developments in educational strategy, curriculum development, assessment reviews and pedagogical methodology as standing items so that the Assembly is fully apprised as to the teaching practices …
Number 15 of Class 2The General Assembly grant the Edinburgh Theological Seminary Board authority to confer the academic designation of Professor on a lecturer who substantially meets the following criteria:‘The lecturer has published three monographs (or fifteen academic articles or equivalent); has shown academic leadership within the Seminary and …
Number 11 of Class 2 The General Assembly note with approval and thankfulness the compilation of a Memorandum of Understanding between Overseas Missionary Fellowship and the Free Church of Scotland. They also note that an official partnership is now in place between Overseas Missionary Fellowship and the Free Church …
Number 4 of Class 2The General Assembly declare the post of Mission Director to be a permanent post with the appointment to be reviewed every five years. …
The General Assembly receive the Overture in the name of Rev. Ian Watson and others and grant its crave. They form a committee to consider how the Church should interpret and apply the Establishment Principle in the 21st century. They declare that the Committee shall have six members and …
The General Assembly hereby appoint a Commission consisting of all the members of this General Assembly along with Rev. Derek Lamont named by the Moderator to be their Commission. 1. This Commission is appointed to meet at Edinburgh on Tuesday 4th October 2022 and on Tuesday 7th March 2023 …
1. The General Assembly approve the appointment of an MTh Programme Leader / Lecturer in the department of Church History at ETS instead of the appointment of a Church History Course Organiser. 2. The General Assembly declare that the Programme Leader / Lecturer may be male or female and …
The General Assembly, noting that annual statutory meetings of Provincial Synods have been suspended since 2009 General Assembly, and that the reduced number of Presbyteries in the Church has resulted in this tier of Church government becoming largely redundant, and desiring therefore that Provincial Synods be dissolved and removed …
The General Assembly appoint the next General Assembly to meet on Monday 22nd May 2023 at 6.00pm. …