The Kirk

The Kirk o Scotland is the naitional kirk in Scotland. It is Presbyterian, an asinder frae the Anglican Kirk o Ingland. It is a stablisht kirk, as it is the offeecial kirk in Scotland, but it is a free kirk forby — that is, it isna a state kirk (unlike the Kirk o Ingland i Ingland), an disna hae tae repone til the Scots or UK govrenments.

 Govrenment 
The kirk is govrened bi its General Assembly, convened ance a year in Edinburgh. That assembly wales a Moderator that presides ower the meetins o the assembly an acts as the Kirk's "public face" for the ae year. The monarch o the Unitit Kinrick is a member, but no the heid o the Kirk o Scotland — the heid o the Kirk o Scotland is conseedered tae be Jesus Christ.

 See an aw 
 Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1707
 Sermon on the Mound, a controversial address gien bi former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the General Assembly o the Kirk.


Category:Members o the Warld Communion o Reformed Kirks
Category:Presbyterian denominations in Europe
Category:Presbyterian denominations in Scotland
Category:Reformed denominations in the Unitit Kinrick
Category:Organisations based in Edinburgh
Category:Presbyterianism in Scotland
Category:Releegious organisations based in Scotland
Unitit Kinrick
Category:Protestantism in the Unitit Kinrick
Category:Organisations established in the 16t century
Category:1560 establishments