The General Assembly, recognising the disadvantages in the current process for the appointment of General Assessors to Presbyteries when help and support is needed immediately, agree the following revised process: 1.General Assessors. General Assessors to Presbyteries may be appointed as follows: 1.1.A Presbytery may request the appointment of a …
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The General Assembly endorse the Committee’s recommendation that Presbytery boundaries be reviewed regularly so that the ministry and mission of the Church is aligned to changes in demographics and developments within existing Presbyteries. They declare that a Review Group be established, comprised of the following, to review Presbytery boundaries …
The General Assembly, noting the recommendation of the Mission Board, and recognising the key role of Presbyteries in the oversight of congregations within their bounds, and desiring to revise and update the current arrangements for the quinquennial visitation of congregations, enact and ordain as follows regarding congregational health: A.CONGREGATIONAL …
The General Assembly, seeking to revise and update the arrangements for filling vacancies on Boards and Committees, enact and ordain as follows: A. OVERVIEW 1. General Assembly 1.1. Principle. It is a principle of biblical Presbyterianism that the government of the Church is in the hands of the presbyters, …
1. The General Assembly instruct the Assembly Clerk’s Office, Boards of the Church, and the Public Engagement Group to consider national strategies to(a) enhance understanding of the Biblical and Theological basis for the Establishment Principle and(b) to implement the practical application of the Establishment Principle outlined in section (E) …
The General Assembly note the difficulties encountered by Presbyteries when appointing in hunc effectum meetings arising from the restriction in The Practice of the Free Church of Scotland, Chapter 2, Part 1, Paragraph 10.1., that the resolution appointing such a meeting must be engrossed in the minutes of the …
The General Assembly note the Church’s legal requirement to conform to the terms of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR, which controls how personal information is used by organisations, businesses, or the government. They approve of the action taken by the Principal Clerk and the Legal …
1. The General Assembly, noting the recommendation of the Assembly Business Committee, declare that the practice of appointing a Committee of the Assembly to examine the records of Boards and Committees be discontinued. They instruct the Assembly Business Committee to carry out the annual examination of such records along …
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 …
of a Minister or an Assistant Minister from work due to ill-health, enact and ordain as follows: A. ABSENCE UP TO TWENTY-SIX WEEKS 1. Absence of Over Seven-days. Absence from work due to illness for more than seven consecutive days shall be reported to the Presbytery Clerk and a …