Number 11 of Class 2 The General Assembly note with approval and thankfulness the compilation of a Memorandum of Understanding between Overseas Missionary Fellowship and the Free Church of Scotland. They also note that an official partnership is now in place between Overseas Missionary Fellowship and the Free Church …
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The General Assembly approve the establishment of a formal partnership between the Free Church of Scotland and Operation Mobilisation for the benefit of mobilising the denomination in international mission. They commend this partnership to the wider denomination and encourage Presbyteries, local congregations and individuals to embrace the opportunities for …
The General Assembly, with consent of the majority of Presbyteries, enact that: 3. Where an ordained missionary is unable to fulfil his duties for more than six months he shall be loosed from his charge by the Presbytery which ordained him, unless the Foreign, Overseas and Jewish Missions’ Board …
The General Assembly enact as follows: Leave of Absence Absence from duty is designated ‘leave’ and 2 categories are recognised: 1. Sick Leave. 2. Leave for reasons other than illness. 5. Leave of Absence for Foreign Missionaries Leave of Absence for foreign missionaries shall be granted in accordance with …
The General Assembly approve the Code of Regulations for Missionaries as set out below, and to that end they repeal Act XXXII of Class II, 1979, and Act XVIII of Class II, 1986. GENERAL INFORMATION AND REGULATIONS FOR MISSIONARIES OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND 1. GENERAL 1.1 The …
The General Assembly approve of the Board’s proposal for the secondment of missionary volunteers to other Churches and mission societies on the following conditions: i) The candidate will first of all have volunteered for work in the foreign missions of the Free Church of Scotland. ii) The Board will …
The General Assembly ordain that when members of the Free Church of Scotland are absent from their home congregations on the Church’s Overseas business their names may be retained on the Communion Roll of their home congregations but on a special “non-active” list which will be ignored for ecclesiastical …
The Assembly, following the Act VIII. of Assembly 1895, anent Ordained Preachers, determine that the Presbytery in all Charges served by Ordained Missionaries shall continue to appoint a Moderator of Session, but shall have the power to appoint such Ordained Missionary as an Assessor to the Session during his …
The Assembly declare that, if a Missionary be qualified to sit in the General Assembly as a Minister, he is not entitled to sit as an Elder. …