CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly on Monday (May 20) passed a historic vote to allow actively gay men and lesbians to become ordained ministers.

THE Church of Scotland needs to take “real risks” and create “radical models” of training if it is to persuade more young people to become ministers, the General Assembly heard yesterday.

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland votes to allow congregations to ordain gay ministers who are in same sex civil partnerships.

Same sex couples would be able to marry in a church ceremony officiated by a Church of Scotland minister The Church of Scotland has voted to allow clergy to conduct same-sex marriages for the ...

The Church of Scotland's ruling General Assembly has voted to allow actively gay men and women to become ministers.

The Church of Scotland has moved a step closer to allowing ministers to conduct same-sex marriages after the General Assembly backed a change in church law.

A veteran minister says he is very hopeful for the future of the church in Inverclyde and believes there is a still a key role for it to play in ...

A Church of Scotland minister is joining a host of contemporary Scottish literary greats at a major new book festival.

The former St Ninian's Church building in Larkfield is the latest in Inverclyde to be demolished, while others have been sold ...

THE concept of tenure for life for ministers is “challenged to breaking point by our changed historical context”, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has been told. A proposal for ...

A minister has described how her great-grandfather made a pair of shoes for the Queen when she was a child, that she still kept in her room at Balmoral Castle. Church of Scotland minister Rev ...

Rev Stephen Miller, 63, will work within Perth Presbytery and with the Church of Scotland nationally.