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Kirk selects
Moderator Designate
[30 October 2007]
The Reverend David Lunan, Clerk to the Presbytery of
Glasgow, is selected as Moderator Designate of the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland. (more...)
Church Rejects proposal on same sex blessings
[15 December 2006]
The Church of Scotland has voted overwhelmingly against a
proposed church law to allow ministers and deacons to conduct services of
blessing in conjunction with civil partnership ceremonies.
(more...)
Stem Cell Research
A Forward Together
briefing paper on
Stem Cell Research.
(more...)
Lebanon and Israel
Forward Together is
distressed and deeply concerned with the violent conflict in Lebanon and
Israel . Please
join us in prayer.
(more...)
Highland Theological College
HTC has been overwhelmingly approved as a suitable place for the
education of people proceeding to ministries within the Church of Scotland.
Services marking Civil Partnerships
Forward Together can be incredibly proud of our
chairman. Without a shadow of doubt the Lord has given us a gifted
leader in Gordon.
Gordon argued so well, so winsomely, so biblically.
His motion presented during the Legal Questions debate fell but only by 8
votes.
However, our secretary Ian Watson was ready with a Barrier
Act motion, which won the day.
This means that the Legal Question Act is not enacted.
It goes down to the Presbyteries for consideration by the wider church.
This needs to be made clear - the church did
not approve "gay weddings".
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Civil Partnerships - "A Step Too Far"
A Step Too Far
Forward Together have published "A Step Too
Far" - a comment on the report to the 2006 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland by the Legal Questions Committee concerning the Church's response to
civil partnerships.
Click
here for a pdf copy of "A Step Too Far" 
Pre-Assembly Meetings
Forward Together are holding two public pre-Assembly
Meetings
for sharing and prayer - Monday 15th May in Aberdeen and Glasgow.
Click
here for more information...
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Read the press coverage here
Listen to radio interview
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Concern about Kirk's civil partnership plans
Some of you will know that a letter has been circulated inviting support of comments about the report of the Legal Questions Committee to the forth coming General Assembly. A copy of this letter can be found on the
Rutherford House website. Many ministers in Scotland and beyond have already signed this letter. Clearly there is great depth of concern about this report and its implications for our Church.
At our last meeting the Steering Group agreed a strategy to oppose this
report and have been preparing information for members and Commissioners to the General Assembly which will be available soon. The Steering Group will
keep members of Forward Together informed of our
strategy as we approach the General Assembly this year.
Please pray for our Church and for our approach to the General Assembly
that all we say and do may be honouring and pleasing to our God and our Lord
Jesus Christ.
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