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Kirk’s strategy urges congregation to reach out to the wider community

The Church of Scotland has been forced to rethink its role in society as it adapts to life in the “Post-Christendom age”, documents seen by The Herald show.

A new national strategy unveiled later this week will call on Kirk leaders to help vulnerable youths in the country’s poorest areas, whether or not they are Church members, as part of a wider engagement with Scottish communities.