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General Assembly

New Moderator the Rt Rev Sally Foster-Fulton said she had gone "a bit rogue" in choosing a green jacket for her formal outfit. Picture: Andrew O'Brien.

Hefty challenges face Kirk, says new Moderator as Assembly opens

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will consider an apology for its connections to the transatlantic slave trade when it meets next month. PIC: CC/Enchufla Con Cave

Kirk should apologise for links to slave trade, report finds

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland meets last year

Readers' letters: Church of Scotland should take lead on road to independence

Rt Rev Iain Greenshields

Kirk fears assisted dying could be seen as 'cost-saving opportunity'

The Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Kirk moderator calls for wealth tax and suggests charging visitors to St Giles

Assisted dying legislation is expected to be introduced in the early part of 2023.

Kirk moderator raises fears assisted dying safeguards will be 'loosened'

The Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Moderator calls for tax to tackle poverty crisis

In this image released by the Police Press Service, the view from a drone shows the site of a Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens, an official said Friday, just hours before Moscow planned to annex more of Ukraine in an escalation of the seven-month war. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)

Ukraine conflict: Russian strike kills 23 on humanitarian convoy in Ukraine as U...

Very Rev Dr John Chalmers with his son, JJ Chalmers.

JJ Chalmers' father recalls the moment he heard his son had been in bomb blast

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran last month (Picture: Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran's bloodsoaked president must be banned from UN General Assembly

The Rev Mike Goss speaks at the Assembly on fuel poverty and excess profits.

Church of Scotland General Assembly 2022: Kirk backs windfall tax on oil and gas...

The General Assembly agreed to apologise for the role of the church in persecuting those accused of witchcraft.

Kirk apologises over witchcraft persecution

The Very Rev Dr Susan Brown speaks at the Assembly

Kirk calls for ban on conversion therapy

Professor Jason Leitch addresses the General Assembly

Leitch tells Kirk: Covid hasn't gone away

Moderator Rev Dr Iain Greenshields addresses the Assembly on Monday morning Pic: Andrew O'Brien

Kirk says ministers can conduct same-sex marriages

A group of supposed witches being beaten in front of King James I (King James VI of Scotland) around 1610

Readers' letters: Church of Scotland should apologise for hundreds of deaths

This year's General Assembly is a hybrid gathering with 400 commissioners in the hall and another 200 taking part online. Picture: Andrew O'Brien.

Kirk invests £25m to grow new and existing congregations

Lord High Commissioner Lord Hodge addressed the Assembly over Zoom. Picture: Andrew O'Brien.

Kirk told of importance of truth in public life

Moderator Rev Iain Greenshields is installed in a ceremony at the beginning of The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland by his predecessor Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness.

Queen’s letter to Church of Scotland Assembly applauds supportfor refugees

Outgoing Moderator Lord Wallace greets his successor, the Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, at the Assembly Hall.

Kirk holds first hybrid General Assembly

Prime Minister Boris Johnson meeting military personnel at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire to thank them for their ongoing work facilitating military support to Ukraine and NATO.

Johnson calls Russian invasion is a ‘disastrous misbegotten venture’ by Putin

Lord Wallace became Moderator at last month's Church of Scotland General Assembly

Former deputy first minister returns to Holyrood in new role

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge departing after the the closing ceremony of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly Picture: Andrew O'Brien

William praises 'ethic of neighbourliness'

The Assembly is being held mainly online with only a few present in the hall. Picture: Andrew O'Brien

Kirk backs plan to cut minister numbers

Rev Rosemary Frew delivers the report of the Faith Nurture Forum Picture: Andrew O'Brien

Kirk 'will not survive' without cutting ministers

A service will be held in St Giles once pandemic restrictions allow

Service for Duke planned for St Giles

The Assembly is taking place mainly online with only a few present in the hall Picture: Andrew O'Brien

Kirk's latest move on same-sex marriages

The General Assembly is taking place largely online with very few people in the hall Picture: Andrew O'Brien

Kirk 'very different' in future, Assembly told

Moderator-elect Lord Wallace (left) and retiring Moderator the Right Rev Dr Martin Fair greet each other outside the General Assembly Hall

Kirk Moderator warns on mental health

When you work in a start-up, every day is a school day, says Littlejohn. Picture: Jim Newbery.

Tapping into start-up community's expertise - comment

The General Assembly under normal conditions

Kirk hosts first ever virtual General Assembly amid cash worries

Lost its way

Kirk Moderator to make history in England

Holyrood Abbey Church to leave Kirk in gay protest

Protesters get their point across over gay ministers during the recent meeting of the Kirks General Assembly. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Analysis: Secessionists likely to be trickle not flood

Kirk avoid gay minister rift by backing compromise

General Assembly of the Church of Scotland debate the issue of gay ministers. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Leaders: Kirk’s gay ministers ruling | Drink proposals

Moderator of General Assembly named

Congregation in Glasgow quits Church of Scotland over gay clergy

General assembly: two ministers defect to take up posts in Free Church

General Assembly: Kirk steers clear of same-sex marriage controversy

General Assembly: Pay day loan firms ‘doing great damage to society’

Ministers attending General Assembly told to ‘clock in’ or lose expenses

General Assembly 2010: Funding plea as Kirk urged to sell off unused buildings

Church votes to 'hibernate' publishing arm

Breaking the law can be Christian, say Kirk chiefs

Church of Scotland hits out at jailing of gay couple in Malawi

Review called as Church of Scotland ministers' choose to live in own homes

Ban on gay man being trained for the ministry is upheld

Church sells off missionaries' college in bid to save money

Kirk admits it is still sexist towards women ministers

Church of Scotland plans to cut ministers by up to 100

More tram misery is on way for Princes St

Very Rev John M K Paterson, Moderator of Church of Scotland 1984

Gay minister dispute could force us to defect to Free Church, Kirk rebels wa...

Disciplinary threat to Kirk minister after he defies ban on gay debate

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