Summary
Church won't abandon its commitment to the territorial ministry
THE front page headline "Church set to abandon parishes in divisive closure plan" (The Herald, July 18) presumes a particular outcome from a Special Commission appointed by the General Assembly of 2008.See the full content of this document
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Letters
The 1929 constitutional settlement which brought together the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church is set out in a series of "Articles Declaratory of the Constitution of Church of Scotland in Matters Spiritual".
The third of these Articles declares the Church's commitment to "bring the ordinances of religion to the people in every parish of Scotland through a territorial ministry".In 2008 the General Assembly set up a Special Commission to assess what this means in the very different circumstances of today.The remit of the Commission requires it to investigate and report on the relationship between the Third Article and current parish staffing policy, presbytery plans an...See the full content of this document
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