Partnership development

Partnership Development is working with Presbyteries and other partners in planning and resourcing ministries.

• Working with Presbyteries through Presbytery Planning
• Working in partnership with other agencies of the Church and ecumenical partners, for example Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS) and National Sponsoring Body (NSB) for Ecumenical Partnerships
• Supporting those Deacons and Ministers engaged in Chaplaincy services who are employed by other agencies, e.g. prisons, universities, hospitals and Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland (WPCS)
• Partnership Development is responsible for overseeing those properties which Ministries Council is responsible

Available to download

• PTTA
• Removal Costs and Disturbance Allowance
• Guardianship
• Guidelines for Part-time Ministry

The following links are Acts of the General Assembly which relate to the work of the Partnership Development section of the Ministries Council:

• Appraisal and Adjustment Act 2003
• Vacancy Procedure Act 2003
• New Charge Development Act 2000

Areas of partnership development

Chaplaincy

Chaplaincy is the Church in the World providing person centred compassion and spiritual support for people in their places and in their lives.

Interim ministry

Interim Minsters work with congregations and presbyteries, providing specialist support in a range of situations across Scotland.

Joint emerging church and new charge development

The joint emerging church group helps to identify, encourage and support new and emerging models of church around Scotland.

Presbytery planning

Providing ministries across Scotland. The Church is committed to taking the Gospel to every part of Scotland.

The Diaconate

A Deacon is a man or woman who, under a call from God, has pledged himself or herself to the service of Jesus Christ and His Church, and has been selected, trained and ordained according to the doctrine and discipline the Church of Scotland.