CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly on Monday (May 20) passed a historic vote to allow actively gay men and lesbians to become ordained ministers. After more than six ...

(UPDATED) Traditionalist minority worry disagreement on the issue will make it harder to work together on mission. Update (May 23): Church of Scotland ministers are now permitted to perform same-sex ...

GIVEN his continuing and admitted ignorance of the history of Scottish Presbyterianism (August 9), Jack McLean should avoid further comment on any of our separated Presbyterian Churches. The Free ...

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A VOTE for independence could jeopardise the position of the church, it has been claimed. Present arrangements, in place since the union of 1707, enshrine Christianity at the heart of the nation, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – 'Twas a dark age that covered the moors and highlands of Scotland in the mid-1700s after the defeat of Bonny Prince Charlie by English troops – an age that saw the prohibition of ...

Pope Francis, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Jim Wallace, moderator of the Church of Scotland, marked the 10th anniversary of South Sudan's independence and again promised ...

Celtic culture will soon be cause for celebration in Southern Lancaster County. The 10th annual Covenanter Scottish Festival and Highland Games will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Middle ...