The Scottish Government now advises that people should minimise social contact by avoiding crowded areas and large gatherings, including religious congregations, and smaller gatherings. The Church of Scotland now asks, in the strongest terms...
Due to the Coronavirus epidemic the Church of Scotland has decided to cancel this year's General Assembly which was due to open on 16th May 2020. Principal Clerk, Rev Dr George Whyte said, "We did ...
The Church of Scotland is supporting calls for a National Day of Prayer and Action on 22 March, which is also Mothering Sunday. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair is joining the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, ...
One of the most destructive problems facing human beings across the world is violence against women. Katherine Gilmour, the Church of Scotland's gender justice officer and secretary to Integrity, the Church's Violence against Women Task. ...
Rt Rev Colin Sinclair offers us this prayer as we deal with a new illness in our communities. Living God, In our hour of need we turn again to you, for we have nowhere else ...
Kirk members in Fife are helping to save countless lives in rural Zambia by keeping ambulances on the road. Hope Park & Martyrs Church in St Andrews has raised money to pay for the ongoing ...
Rt Rev Colin Sinclair joined Ruth Maguire MSP, convener of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee, at the Scottish Parliament to co-host a discussion and networking session on Women and Economics". Many of the issues ...
Rev Dr Marjory MacLean, convener of the Chaplains to Her Majesty's Forces Committee, led the Time for Reflection session at the Scottish Parliament today, telling MSPs of the many contrasts the periods of Lent and ...
To mark International Women's Day, Rev Rosie Frew, who was recently appointed as convener of the Church of Scotland's Faith Nurture Forum, has written a prayer for women around the world and the varying injustices, ...
As we approach the second Sunday of Lent, Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, has written a reflection on the season - and what we could ...
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has "come home" to Zambia after 43 years. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair lived out of a car in the African nation for three years ...
Scottish and UK government ministers have been urged to put their political differences aside and work together to reduce drug deaths. Rev Brian Casey of Springburn Parish Church in Glasgow said the status quo is ...
The Church of Scotland must engage with the world at every level, the Moderator of the General Assembly has told MSPs. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair said there were no "no-go areas" for Christians and listening ...
A Church of Scotland minister nicknamed "Padre Mac" has been named as the inspiration behind the Great Escape. Rev Professor Murdo Ewen Macdonald's "fiery sermons" motivated the famous breakout of a German Prisoner of war ...
The Moderator of the General Assembly has spent the week visiting British Army bases across Scotland. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair met service personnel in Stirling, Glasgow, Leuchars in Fife and Kinloss in Moray to learn ...
A Kirk elder in the Scottish Borders has spoken of the "devastating" damage to her village caused by severe flooding and has asked people to remember those affected in their prayers. Newcastleton, near Hawick, lies ...