STRATHBOGIE DRUMBLADE PARISH CHURCH HUNTLYPARISH PROFILE
By decision of the Presbytery of the North East and Northern Isles,
permission is granted to the congregation of STRATHBOGIE DRUMBLADE SC000534to call a minister on a Basis of Reviewable Charge in terms of Act VII 2003, section 12 (2) (a), and that on the following conditions:
1) The Presbytery shall review the appointment FIVE years from the date of induction of the minister, or when the minister at Huntly Cairnie Glass demits, or at the request of the Kirk Session, whichever is sooner.
2) At the review, the Presbytery shall consider with the Kirk Session:
a) Evidence of successful working towards a Union;
b) Evidence of the development and implementation of the Five Marks of
Mission; and
c) such other matters as may be relevant by that time.
3) Following such review, the Presbytery shall take a further decision on the future arrangements for ministry to the congregation and parish of HUNTLY STRATHBOGIE DRUMBLADE SC000534 recognising that one of the options available to it is the termination of the tenure of the charge on giving the
minister six months’ notice in writing.
The minister shall be free to seek to demit or to be translated as in the ordinary case of any minister inducted to a charge, provided that, if this Reviewable Charge is his or her first charge, the Presbytery hereby agree that these conditions constitute exceptional circumstances in terms of Section 4 of Act VIII 2003, and will accordingly issue the necessary Certificate if he or she
seeks to be translated within 5 years.
