The General Assembly direct the Assembly Clerks to widen the group of those eligible for selection as Moderator-designate of the Assembly to include any minister with over ten years’ experience in the Free Church ministry and who has experience of moderating a Presbytery or chairing a board or committee …
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The General Assembly approve in principle the use of electronic voting at future Assemblies. They instruct the Assembly Clerks to make suitable arrangements to introduce this at the 2018 Assembly, subject to the costs involved being approved by the Board of Trustees. …
The General Assembly appoint a Business Committee of Assembly, comprising the Principal Clerk, the Assistant Clerk and the Clerks of all the home Presbyteries. The Committee shall meet at a convenient point not later than 15th April annually to examine all papers in the hands of the Principal Clerk due to …
The General Assembly authorise the Assembly Clerks to make arrangements for the 2015 General Assembly to meet over three whole days, the evenings to involve shorter business sessions and to include worship items. The General Assembly approve the Committee’s recommendation that invitations to other Churches and organisations to send …
The General Assembly direct that extract minutes from the General Assembly to Presbyteries, Kirk Sessions and Deacons’ Courts, be made known to all members of the relevant Court, the means to achieve this to be left to the discretion of the Courts themselves. …
The General Assembly ordain that in future elections of Assembly Commissioners by the Presbyteries of the Church the following procedure shall apply: The Assembly Arrangements Committee at their meeting in the January before the General Assembly shall set the number of Commissioners from each Presbytery, and inform Presbyteries immediately …
The General Assembly, noting the recommendations of the Assembly Arrangements and Communications Committees approve the following Assembly Reporting Protocol for use at this and future Assemblies and direct that it be put into immediate effect. ALL Assembly proceedings shall be broadcast live with the exception of those taken in …
The General Assembly appoint a Special Committee, consisting of the Conveners and Vice-Conveners, Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Standing Committees and Boards, along with the retiring Moderator as Convener, to nominate a Moderator of the next General Assembly. They instruct the Assembly Clerk to prepare a list of all …
1. The General Assembly recognising the desirability of making express the immunities and indemnities to which members of General Assemblies and its Commissions, members of General Assembly committees and boards and, in particular, the Trustees serving at any time and from time to time on the Board of Trustees …
The General Assembly ordain that except for comfort breaks the Moderator shall require the permission of the Assembly for absence from the chair during sittings of the Assembly. They further ordain that the Moderator shall not undertake visits on behalf of the Assembly without their prior authority. The General …