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Church of Scotland to consider online sacraments

c. 2016 Religion News Service

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of Scotland will launch a two-year investigation into the possibility of introducing online baptisms, Communion and other Christian sacraments.

The church, known as the Kirk, has seen its rolls fall by almost one-third between 2004 and 2015, to just under 364,000 members.