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General Assembly 2023
The 2023 General Assembly was held from Saturday 20 May until Thursday 25 May. Video highlights of the speeches and debates, as well as a photo gallery are now available on the website.
Reports and documents
The reports that were presented to this year's General Assembly are now available on our reports page.
The full Volume of Reports, Accounts, Order of Proceedings and other documents related to the 2023 General Assembly are now available on our publications page.
Moderator of the General Assembly 2023
The head of Christian Aid, a charity which fights global poverty, will serve as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2023-24.
Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, who has led Christian Aid in Scotland since 2016, will take a year's sabbatical to become the Kirk's ambassador at home and abroad in May 2023, succeeding the 2022-23 Moderator, the Right Rev Dr Iain Greenshields.
News round up
Moderator of the General Assembly 2022
The minister of St Margaret's Community Church in Dunfermline, Fife, will serve as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2022-23.
Rev Dr Iain Greenshields will begin his year-long role of ambassador for the Church of Scotland in May 2022, succeeding the 2021-22 Moderator, the Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness.