Church without Walls
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPORTS
Information about the original 2001 report and subsequent
reports to the General Assembly are available to download
on this page, including:
The 2001 Church without Walls report
General Assembly report 2004
General Assembly report 2005
General Assembly report 2006
General Assembly report 2007
Assembly
video footage
Please note that downloads on this page are available
in Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt]
formats. In addition to these General Assembly reports
there are also booklets, an accompanying workbook and
videos for group sessions on Church without Walls. For
more information, visit our resources
page.
The 2001 report Church
without Walls report
Church without Walls,
a report accepted by the General Assembly in 2001, aimed
to provide a 'big vision' for the Church, relevant to
every part of the Church and over many years.
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The report restated the primary purpose
of the Church is to follow Jesus Christ. We are
his people, travelling where he leads us. |
We are invited to risk this way and break our addiction
to security. A church which hears this call will be shaped
by:
- The Gospel - a rediscovery
of the grace of God as we commit to living one of
the gospel narratives of Matthew, Mark, Luke or John;
- The locality - responding
to the varieties of our changing contexts;
- Friendship - with
fellow members, the next generation, the searcher,
the community, other churches, rich and poor, the
world church, God's creation;
- The gifts of God's people
- growing the church around the gifts we have been
given.
The key proposals for change in the report included:
live with a Gospel for a year; review community, worship
and leadership; integrate children and/or create new
churches; develop paths for the journey of discipleship;
plan strategically to develop leadership in congregations
in worship, pastoral care and mission; work in teams
and partnerships; recover the role of the evangelist;
turn the church 'upside down'- priority to the local;
renew prayer life; encourage sabbatical time from church
activities; fund new initiatives through special funding;
review overall financial strategy; and dare to take
risks.
You can download the 2001 Church without Walls report
here including appendices and summary.
Church without Walls
2001 report:
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Church without Walls 2001 appendices:
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The General Assembly
2004 report
The Assembly heard that the Church was planning a conference
with a difference in 2005 to mark "a milestone of
faith." The event was outlined in the report to the
2004 General Assembly.
Download the General Assembly 2004
report:
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The General
Assembly 2005 report
The General Assembly 2005 heard how the Clyde presbyteries
were planning a spectacular event in Glasgow in September
and the seven presbyteries which surround the River
Forth were all working closely together to bring about
a series of exciting worship events during the year.
Events and gatherings were also being planned in the
Borders, Argyll, Dumbarton and many other areas. The
report also explained how, at a national level, the
Kirk would see its first one day conference since 1931.
In addition to the reports on the Church without Walls
events, the report of the Panel on Review and Reform
to the General Assembly 2005 gave a detailed analysis
of how congregations had responded to the report, with
an encouraging positive response from 71% of congregations
in the denomination.
Download the General Assembly
2005 report:
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General Assembly 2006
report
The General Assembly received a detailed account of
the National Event in the Edinburgh International Conference
Centre with over 3,000 people, the BiG Saturday in the
Scottish Exhibition centre in Glasgow with 5,000 people
and numerous events around the country where people
gathered to celebrate their faith and the life of the
church in Scotland and across the world. The General
Assembly agreed to a sequence of motivational events
culminating in another National Event in 2008.
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2006 report:
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The General Assembly 2007 Report
The General Assembly received a detailed account of
the Re-Energise Conferences and the Energy Boost events
held at Aviemore and planned as part of the Glasgow
NEXUS event in August 2007. Advance notice was given
of "Church without Walls 2008 - a National Gathering"
in May 2008, and permission sought to plan events in
2009 to relate to the national year of "Homecoming",
and in 2010 to coincide with the celebrations of the
1910 Edinburgh Missionary Conference.
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2007 report:
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