“These are exciting times in the life of the VCC”, General Secretary Theo Mackaay said recently. “The review which was set up by the Executive early in 2011 reported at the beginning of this year and made some wide-ranging recommendations.”

“In particular, people are showing strong support for a more streamlined organisation with greater attention to function rather than form. There is still some way to go before we finalise the size and structure of the member church delegations, but we have certainly struck the right balance by reducing the possible overall size of the Assembly. We believe this will make the business sessions better managed and a more effective means of enabling the churches to meet, to confer and to pray,” Mr Mackaay said.