Preparations for GA26 well underway

Speaking about the General Assembly, the Assembly’s Deputy Clerk, Rev Peter Gamble said,

“Much has happened since the close of the 2025 General Assembly last June. In the intervening 11 months the Church has seen the resignation of a Moderator, the return of another, and the calling of two Special General Assemblies as a result of the central safeguarding failures that were announced by PCI in November. This year, those matters will be to the fore when we meet in two months’ time, coupled with the fact that all of our General Assembly’s Councils will report verbally this year, we will meet for an additional day and on two evenings.”

The Deputy Clerk said that while preparations are well underway, there will be much work to get through,

“General Assemblies are busy times, and I would encourage those who are entitled to attend to make every effort to do so. Last year we had a number of interim reports, which will now come to this year’s Assembly in completed form for debate and discussion. This General Assembly will also consider the important business that relates to safeguarding in its many aspects, and the work that the two special assemblies commissioned. Safeguarding will, therefore, form much of what will be discussed on the first day of business.

“While it is a time for debating reports and getting through the business before us, it is also a time of coming together before God, and there will be a number of scheduled times for reflective worship, and teaching, from our outgoing and incoming Moderators. This year Councils will report in a slightly amended manner, with an emphasis on what God has done and the response of prayer.

As we get closer to June, please pray for all those who are finalising reports, working through the various administrative aspects of the Assembly, and for the business that will be before us.”