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Missionaries come from Africa to aid Free Church
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CHURCH ministers from Africa are to be used by the United Free
Church of Scotland to stave off shortages in the ministry.
The initiative will be launched later this year after concern at
the growing number of congregations in Scotland who do not have a
minister.
There are currently seven United Free congregations with vacancies
and the number is set to rise further as more ministers reach the age
of retirement.
The Rev John Fulton, a spokesman for the United Free Church, said
the decline was part of an ongoing trend affecting all churches in
Scotland, which has seen a fall both in ...
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