SCOTLAND: Funds lost as wealthy churches quit in new gay protest
By Brian Donnelly
THE HERALD
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/
16 April 2014
Two of the wealthiest Church of Scotland congregations are quitting the Kirk just weeks before the General Assembly over the issue of gay ordination.
The move is a new cash blow with the two congregations contributing £315,000 between them to the Church.
One of the congregations has already left, with the second negotiating terms.
The departure of St Catherine's Argyle, in the leafy Grange district of Edinburgh, and New Restalrig in Willowbrae, also in the Scottish capital, comes as almost 1000 key figures are due to gather for the annual meeting of the Church in the city in May.
The two confirmed breakaway congregations are in the "higher givings bracket" and so among the wealthiest in terms of donations.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Brian Donnelly
THE HERALD
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/
16 April 2014
Two of the wealthiest Church of Scotland congregations are quitting the Kirk just weeks before the General Assembly over the issue of gay ordination.
The move is a new cash blow with the two congregations contributing £315,000 between them to the Church.
One of the congregations has already left, with the second negotiating terms.
The departure of St Catherine's Argyle, in the leafy Grange district of Edinburgh, and New Restalrig in Willowbrae, also in the Scottish capital, comes as almost 1000 key figures are due to gather for the annual meeting of the Church in the city in May.
The two confirmed breakaway congregations are in the "higher givings bracket" and so among the wealthiest in terms of donations.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
