Church of Scotland - Publications

Publications

The following publications are useful sources of information about the Church of Scotland.

• Life and Work - the monthly magazine of the Church of Scotland.
• Church of Scotland Yearbook (known as "the red book") - published annually with statistical data on every parish and contact information for every minister.
• Reports to the General Assembly (known as "the blue book") - published annually with reports on the work of the church's departments.
• The Constitution and Laws of the Church of Scotland (known as "the green book") edited by the Very Rev Dr James L. Weatherhead, published 1997 by the Church of Scotland, ISBN 0-86153-246-5

and which has now replaced the venerable

• Practice and Procedure in The Church of Scotland edited by the late Rev. James Taylor Cox, D.D. published by The Committee on General Administration, The Church of Scotland, 1976 (sixth edition) ISBN 0-7152-0326-6
• Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae - published irregularly since 1866, contains biographies of ministers.
• The First and Second Books of Discipline of 1560 and 1578.
• The Book of Common Order latest version of 1994.