The General Assembly
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INTRODUCTION
The General Assembly, which meets each year in Edinburgh,
has the authority to make laws determining how the Church
of Scotland operates. It also is the highest court of
the Church (the other courts being the kirk session
and the presbytery) in which cases can be heard in matters
of litigation.
The 2009 General
Assembly closed on Wednesday 27 May 2009. The 2010 General Assembly will open on Thursday 20 May until Wednesday 26 May.
Highlights from 2009
Watch some of the highlights from this year's Assembly on our webcast pages here, including the address by Most Rev Desmond Tutu and the retiring Moderator, Very Rev David Lunan.
The Moderator and the Lord High Commissioner
The Rev William Hewitt has been appointed as Moderator of the General Assembly for 2009.
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The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of
the Church of Scotland 2009 is The Right Honourable George
Reid. You can read his opening and closing speeches to the Assembly here.
Special Commissions
A Special Commission on Structure and Change was set up in 2006 by the General
Assembly to identify and report on the effect of changes
to the structure and organisation of the Church, and its final
report was made to this year's General Assembly. The report included the recommendation that a Special Commission on the Third Article Declaratory be appointed.
This is due to report to the General Assembly in 2010.
Act and regulations
The acts and regulations of the Church of Scotland which
were updated by decisions taken at the 2008 General Assembly
are available online on our
Previous Assemblies
Archived reports, minutes and daily
papers from previous Assemblies are available on the
For archived daily audio news updates, podcasting service and
video highlights from previous Assemblies, visit our Webcast pages.
Background and history
Click here
for more information on the history and structure of the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and a guide
to proceedings.
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