The General Assembly, desiring that the financial contribution of each Congregation may be related to the situation of the Church as a whole, and that Congregational categories and groups reflect expenditure by the Church on stipends, Employer’s National Insurance, and pension provision, direct as follows: 1. There shall be …
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The General Assembly remove Development and Outreach Charges from the computation to be made by the Finance, Law and Advisory Committee in terms of the directive of 1979 (page 92 paragraph 28 of Assembly Minutes 1979). They direct the Church Extension Committee to limit the recommendations for Development and …
The General Assembly ordain that in future congregations in Groups III and IV, upon becoming vacant, or being for whatever reason required to submit a new Schedule, shall not be placed on the Equal Dividend Platform except upon the following considerations and terms:- (1) The congregation shall promise to …
The General Assembly recognise that when consolidation of congregations is proposed the regular procedure is to consult all the Kirk Sessions and Deacons’ Courts, or Finance Committees concerned, but they authorise that in cases where courts comprising members of the local congregation do not exist and the Presbytery visits …
The General Assembly drew attention to the question of Linkages as referred to in the Report. They repeal Act XII, 1972 and substitute for it:- “The General Assembly ordain that when a vacancy occurs in a congregation that is not self supporting, and is in proximity to another vacant …
The General Assembly direct that the Church Extension Committee shall not undertake to provide church or manse buildings in any new Charge until they are satisfied that that Charge has the numerical and financial resources necessary to an independent existence. The General Assembly exhort Presbyteries to exercise due deliberation …
THE Assembly resolve that in every case in which it is proposed to unite two Congregations of the Free Church, the Presbytery, if it approve of the proposal, shall report the financial arrangements involved to the Sustentation Fund Committee and other Committees concerned; and having obtained their concurrence, shall …
The General Assembly hereby DECLARE that,— I. Preaching Stations are established under the authority of the Presbyteries of the bounds, and it remains with the same Presbyteries to arrange in regard to the appointment of Elders, and the establishment of Kirk-Sessions for local discipline and management in such stations, …
The General Assembly, with consent of a majority of Presbyteries, ENACT and ORDAIN- That all proposals for the erection of new charges shall be forwarded to the Clerks of Assembly, by the Presbytery of the bounds, at least a week before the meeting of the Commission in March. That …