Church considers breaking with Kirk over lifting of gay minister ban
Some church’s want to reserve the right to remain officially bigoted.
A church in Aberdeen wants to break away from the Church of Scotland because of the institution’s decision to lift its ban on appointing gay ministers.
Reverend Dominic Smart said elders at Gilcomston South Church in Aberdeen, pictured, disagreed with the General Assembly’s resolution, feeling it had “marginalised” the Bible.
He insisted the assembly’s May decision on same-sex partnerships represented a “clear and deliberate move away from the authority of scripture”.
Rev Smart will meet his congregation on June 27 to discuss moving away from the Kirk and then in late August or early September the congregation will vote on whether to leave the Church of Scotland