Listening to detainees in an immigration removal centre share their harrowing stories made Kirk ministers cry. Rev Bryan Kerr described Dungavel House as a "grim and horrible" place and people are frightened and fearful for
A call for encouraging churches to help ensure people were able to exercise their right to vote became unexpectedly topical at this week's General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. A motion by Rev Tim
The Lord High Commissioner has addressed the General Assembly on its final day. His Grace, the Duke of Edinburgh, shared with commissioners details of the engagements he and his wife, Her Grace, the Duchess of
The Archbishop of Canterbury has addressed the General Assembly in Edinburgh. In a wide-ranging address, Most Rev Justin Welby touches on the situation in the Middle East, the Ecumenical Pilgrimage of Peace to South Sudan
The Church of Scotland has issued a fresh call for the establishment of safe and legal routes to the UK. Commissioners to the General Assembly were told that no one would willingly cross dangerous seas
The General Assembly has backed fresh calls to urge the UK Government to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Commissioners also agreed that it must stop granting export licenses for the sale of
The General Assembly has been warned that Church of Scotland military chaplains "could more or less disappear" unless more people can be recruited. In a speech, convener of the Chaplains to HM Forces Committee Rev
A special service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre 30 years ago is being held. The 29 people who died will be remembered and honoured at
The Church of Scotland must continue closely working with ecumenical partners as representatives of local authority education committees. That was the message sent to the General Assembly today as it passed a deliverance to pass
Kirk members have been called on to lobby MSPs to tackle Scotland's care sector crisis, with the warning that the system is in danger of collapse. The plea came from Rev Thom Riddell, convener of
The Church of Scotland has been engaged in a season of transition for some time but is now preparing for growth. That is the view of Rev Tommy MacNeil, convener of the Faith Action Programme
The Guild, one of Scotland's largest voluntary organisations, is celebrating a 'remarkable achievement' after raising almost £500,000 for its current projects. The Guild and its partnerships have covered a number of pressing...
Transgender people are made in the image of God, worthy of our respect and love and part of the Church of Scotland. The General Assembly this afternoon endorsed a report brought forward by the Theological
Churches will find it easier to access a share of £25 million worth of funding after the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland unanimously agreed to a change of application criteria. The Church of
The Church of Scotland must adapt to meet people where they are and "experiment" with doing things differently. Rev David Cameron, convener of the Assembly Trustees, said we "must all be congregations who are eager