AN appeal has been issued for contributions to this year’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of women being admitted to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Church of Scotland.
The project has been launched by New College and Edinburgh University Centre for Theology and Public Issues, supported by the Church of Scotland’s Ministries Council; and it will include an exhibition, conference, act of worship, events and publications. Project co-ordinator, Dr Lesley Orr, says:
“On Wednesday May 22 1968, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed a deliverance that women should become eligible for ordination to the ministry on the same terms and conditions as men.