On 08/08/2013 08:00, Janet wrote: > In 1929 the Kirk Sessions were abolished. This is incorrect, for the Church of Scotland kirks continue to have their Kirk Sessions today. The wording may have been ill-advised. I think what it intended to say was that the legal power and responsibility of kirk sessions was abolished. Regards, Gordon:-*

I think what happened in 1929 was that any lingering and tenuous link between the the administration of the Poor Law and the Kirk Session through the involvement of members in such bodies as the Parochial Board was formally severed. It has also to be said that the Kirk Session's function as a "morality" court which has been discussed at length in other postings had more or less ceased by the late 1870s. The function of the Kirk Session (in the Church of Scotland) which comprises elders of the kirk is defined as follows- The Kirk Session has oversight of the whole life and service of the Church within its Parish; responsibility for the spiritual and temporal oversight of the Congregation’s affairs. Its spiritual responsibility involves “leadership, nurturing the spirituality of the congregation and its members, caring for the spiritual welfare of the parish and parishioners, encouraging members to participate in the worship and life of the congregation, and promoting mission and evangelism in the parish.” And as Gordon rightly points out the Kirk Session operates today within the Church of Scotland and in its Presbyterian sister churches although some like my own church the "Iglesia Evangélica Española "(The Spanish Evangelical Church ) call it a Council of Elders. regards George George Brander Torre de la Horadada España On 8 August 2013 16:26, Gordon Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/08/2013 08:00, Janet wrote: > > In 1929 the Kirk Sessions were abolished. > This is incorrect, for the Church of Scotland kirks continue to have > their Kirk Sessions today. > The wording may have been ill-advised. I think what it intended to say > was that the > legal power and responsibility of kirk sessions was abolished. > Regards, > Gordon:-* > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >