Charity No SC022818                                                                          Charities Register in Scotland No 5620/6
APC
Associated Presbyterian Churches
DENS ROAD CHURCH, 11 DENS ROAD, DUNDEE
Telephone: 01382 451798           Email: dcmacaskill@blueyonder.co.uk        Web:  www.apcdundee.org.uk

Constitution

Form of Government
The congregation is presbyterian which means that all major decisions are taken by the presbytery rather than the local congregation. There is one Scottish Presbytery – the minister and one elder of each congregation is represented at the Presbytery. There are about five or six presbytery meetings per year.

An appeal can be made to the presbytery from the local Kirk Session (the local congregation’s spiritual leadership), where a ‘case’ may be heard and over-ruled. Again there can be an appeal from the presbytery up to the Annual Assembly.

The Annual Assembly, where representatives from other presbyteries abroad attend, is the Supreme Court of the church. There is no appeal from that court. We must ‘acquiesce’ and go along with the ruling and if we wish we can state our appeal to Christ in the Court in heaven at the Great Judgement Day.

Membership
Membership in the congregation is either by profession of faith in Christ with a life consistent with that profession, or by transfer with ‘lines’ from the most recent Christian Church attended.

Membership is open to those already baptised and who wish to profess saving faith in Christ for the first time. We accept the baptism performed by other Christian denominations.

There is no ‘policing’ of members’ behaviour, but we do hope that members will live lives, as Paul put it, "worthy of the gospel of Christ" [Phil 1:27]. We believe Christian conduct ought to be different from the conduct of unbelievers.

Communion – Lord’s Supper
We have the Lord’s Supper about four times per year. Members should partake of the Supper unless they are backslidden or have been disciplined. Other Christians present are welcome to join us at the Supper. If they appear unexpectedly, we accept their personal testimony on the day.