The Church of Scotland - which has had a progressive approach to women in ministry as well as gay ministers - this year celebrated 50 years of female clergy.

A Church of Scotland minister has taken the unusual step of conducting his own mother’s wedding.

Three Edinburgh Church of Scotland ministers are retiring after more than 100 years' service between them.

The Church of Scotland has named its next moderator of the General Assembly. Rev Shaw James Paterson, from Lanarkshire, will take up the role on Saturday, 18 May 2024 and spend a year as the Kirk ...

Alan Ross, a retired minister of the Church of Scotland died suddenly on 3 December while on holiday with his wife Kay in Cyprus.

Anne Johnstone considers the angers the clergy can face in the parish. BIG Ada believes she's a living testimony to divine protection. Her years on the front line as a Church of Scotland minister ...

A MARRIED Free Church of Scotland minister accused of trying to persuade a teenager to send him an explicit photo has quit his post. Rev David Macdonald has resigned as assistant minister of Back F… ...

THE CHURCH of Scotland is braced for mass resignations over moves to allow the ordination of gay ministers, with up to 150 conservative ministers threatening to quit.

A Church of Scotland minister has married his own mother. But don't worry- he just performed the ceremony! Rev Jonathan Fleming said it was an “honour” to officiate at the ceremony between his ...

A KIRK minister has been suspended for cheating on his wife with a married musician. Reverend Ian Bradley, 68, had “inappropriate intimate sexual relations” with the wo­man, including a ...

A former Hamilton shop assistant is set to become the youngest Church of Scotland minister. Stuart Love (25), will be ordained at Clincarthill Parish Church on the southside of Glasgow tonight ...

THE first openly homosexual clergyman appointed by the Church of Scotland has welcomed a vote by the Kirk that could see liberal parishes choosing gay men and women as their ministers.