Reforming the Kirk
— the future of the Church of Scotland
Rev Dr Doug Gay
Lecturer in Practical Theology, Principal of Trinity College, University of Glasgow
FEBRUARY 1st, 8th and 15th, 2017 • 6.30pm • St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
FREE to attend, or WATCH online:
In this series of three lectures, Glasgow-based Practical
Theologian and Kirk Minister Doug Gay offers a candid,
forthright and bold analysis of the state of the
Church of Scotland and the choices facing it.
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LECTURE 1 WED 1ST FEBRUARY
The first lecture explores ‘what
just happened?’ tracing the
decline of the Kirk as a national
institution since the 1960s.
LECTURE 2
The second lecture explores
the relationship between the
church’s understanding of its
own calling and its response.
LECTURE 3
The final lecture makes the case
for radical structural reform of
the Church of Scotland over the
next decade.
Doug describes the lectures as ‘hard thinking done with a soft heart’ and ‘radical thinking
offered in a cautious spirit’. He hopes the lectures will both contribute to a broader
understanding of the state of the Kirk across Scotland and the international reformed
community and to a creative and productive conversation about reform within the Kirk.
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