Fears that crisis-hit Kirk ‘might not exist in two generations’

Feb 20, 2024 by

By Mike Merrit, for the Scottish Daily Mail. The Church of Scotland is ‘facing oblivion’ amid plummeting membership numbers, church closures and financial pressures, it has been claimed. The Rev Dr Richard Frazer, the minister of...

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Church of Scotland has lost over half its membership since 2000 – report

May 25, 2023 by

By Michael Gryboski, Christian Today. (CP) The Church of Scotland has lost more than half of its members since the year 2000, with the average age of worship attendees being 62, according to a General Assembly report. The Assembly...

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Gospel Church that left Kirk over liberalism outgrows building

Oct 10, 2022 by

from The Christian Institute: A congregation that left the Church of Scotland (CoS) more than ten years ago over the denomination’s approval of a minister in a same-sex relationship continues to thrive. Revd Peter Dickson and his...

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‘Jesus Has Left the Building’: Scotland’s Secular Slide—and Signs of Hope

Oct 5, 2022 by

by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, TGC: If you could stumble across Scotland on social media, she would be the girl you remember from youth group—the one who went to all the Bible studies, the one you expected to head to the mission field. You’d...

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Church of Scotland to consider closing 30 churches in ‘pruning’ spree

Aug 10, 2022 by

by Sophie Drew, Premier: The Church of Scotland is meeting in September to decide the fate of more than 30 churches. The presbytery meeting will focus on streamlining ministry – and would likely see up to 31 church buildings and...

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Evangelicals and The Fall of the Church of Scotland

Jul 9, 2022 by

by David Robertson, theweeflea: Though it was an inevitable outcome, there is still deep sorrow for the decision of the Church of Scotland at its General Assembly to allow ministers and churches to conduct same-sex marriages.There are...

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