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AN INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

You can download the publication written by respected church law lecturer the Rev A. Gordon McGillivray, entitled An introduction to Practice and Procedure in the Church of Scotland, here.

This publication is updated annually incorporating the legislative and administrative changes brought about by the preceding General Assembly.

You can download this in Word [.doc] and PDF* [.pdf] formats here.

Download An introduction to Practice and Procedure in the Church of Scotland:

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For further information about the publication, please contact:
The Rev A. Gordon McGillivray
7 Greenfield Crescent
Balerno
Midlothian
EH14 7HD
Telephone: 0131 449 4747

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An introduction to practice and procedure
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