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.
2. The direct that arrangements be made for requisite theological training to take place in North America with supplemental and essential material such as the Free Church ministry module being taught by distance learning under the oversight of Edinburgh Theological Seminary.
3. They further direct that, in exceptional cases, arrangements be made for some elements of the requisite theological training, along with supplemental and essential material such as the Free Church ministry module, to be undertaken at the Edinburgh Theological Seminary in Scotland.
4. They instruct the Board of Ministry to make suitable arrangements to meet the requirements of the student’s placement element of preparation for the ministry on a case-by-case basis.