Scottish Episcopal Church to elect new Primus

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The annual meeting of the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church opens today in Palmerston Place Church in Edinburgh.

Representatives from Episcopal churches across Scotland will attend the three day meeting where matters ranging from church policy to social issues will be debated.

Highlights of this year’s Synod agenda include a debate on what the mission of the Scottish Episcopal Church is in 2009 and the approval of a partnership statement to work together with the Methodist and United Reformed Churches in Scotland.

For the first time in the history of General Synod, members will witness the election of a new Primus. This will take place during an Episcopal Synod on Saturday morning, where all seven bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church will elect a new Primus following the retirement of the Most Rev Dr Idris Jones. the rest

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