The General Assembly appoint the 2027 General Assembly to meet on Monday, 24th May 2027 at 6.00pm in the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh. They empower the Moderator and the Principal Clerk, in consultation with the Assembly Business Committee, to alter the date, desiring to accommodate the attendance of the King’s …
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1.The General Assembly, desiring to revise and update arrangements for the appointment and remit of the Assembly Business Committee, enact and ordain as follows: A. THE COMMITTEE B.ASSEMBLY PAPERS & DOCUMENTS 1.Reports of Boards and Committees. The Business Committee will examine the reports of Boards and Committees regarding (1) the …
1. The Commission of Assembly took up discussion regarding how sensitive and personal matters are recorded in the Assembly records. 2. It was moved, seconded and agreed to that: …
The General Assembly appointed the next General Assembly to meet in Edinburgh on Monday, 18th May 2026 at 6.00 pm. …
1. The General Assembly, recognising that occasions may arise when ministry in the local congregation will need to be subsided to secure its immediate future, hereby approve the establishment of a Subsided Charge as a means of providing a short-term plan for ministry in line with the provisions of …
The General Assembly, seeking to ensure the greatest possible efficiency and equity in the election by Presbyteries of their Commissioners to the General Assembly, and to ensure that the interests of all the constituted gatherings of the people of God are accounted for in the representations of Presbyteries, with …
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 …
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 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 …