Mission Board

The Mission Board is responsible for the strategic oversight of the Church’s mission in Scotland and overseas including engagement in Scottish life and society.

The Board has four pendant committees: Church in Society, Global Partnerships, Youth and Local Mission Development.

Whole Church Mission and Ministry Policy

In inviting General Synod (2011) to welcome the Whole Church Mission and Ministry Policy paper prepared by the former Mission and Ministry Board (now replaced by the Mission Board), the Most Rev David Chillingworth (Convener of the former Board) said the attempt to shape a Whole Church Policy meant taking a holistic view and adopting a measured approach to policy making at a time of diminishing resources and also taking stock of the changing nature of the Church and of the new energy which was so clearly visible in the life of the dioceses.  He explained that the policy was ‘Whole Church’ because, in the complexity of any church, the potential to take decisions which impacted on mission and ministry was spread across a number of bodies.

At General Synods since 2011 the Most Rev David Chillingworth has spoken of the work of the Whole Church Mission and Ministry Policy and given updates on the work of the Next Steps Group in taking the policy forward.

Whole Church Mission and Ministry Policy Next Steps Report 2013

Whole Church Mission and Ministry Policy Next Steps Report 2012

Whole Church Mission and Ministry Policy 2011 

Member Name
Position
Tenure
Rev S E Murray
Convener
2020 - 2025

Rt Rev the Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
College of Bishops

Rev S Scott
Convener, Church in Society Committee
2022 - 2027

Rev Dr H Inbadas
Convener, Global Partnerships Committee
2021 - 2026

Rev T N Rongong
Convener, Youth Committee

Rev Canon V R Hancock
Aberdeen and Orkney
2021 - 2025

Dr C Brett
Argyll and The Isles
2022 - 2026

Rev J Benton-Evans
Brechin
2023 - 2027

Edinburgh
2024 - 2028

Rev Canon P Watson
Glasgow and Galloway
2023 - 2027

Rev J Boothby
Moray, Ross and Caithness
2021 - 2025

Rev Canon L Baker
St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
2022 - 2026