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Act 13, 2015 (XIII) – Act appointing a Mission Board to replace the Home and International Missions Boards. 19th May 2015. (As amended by Act 27, 2016 (XXVII) – Act anent Change of Name for the Missions Board and Act 20, 2024 – Amending Act 13, Class 2, 2015

The General Assembly, noting that no substantive issues have been identified that would prevent the appointment of a unified Mission Board, appoint a Mission Board to discharge the functions of the Home Missions Board and the International Missions Board as presently constituted. The Board shall assume responsibility for developing appropriate denominational partnerships at home and abroad, as well as partnerships with other organisations and agencies, in order to enhance the Church’s ability to reach out with the Gospel. Membership of the Board shall be ten members in total, comprising seven ministers and three elders appointed by the General Assembly for a four-year term renewable for one further term of four years. The Chairman shall be appointed from the membership of the Board by the General Assembly for a four-year term, renewable for one further term of four years, subject to any member not serving more than eight years on the Board. The quorum shall be three members of the Board.