Press Releases28 Oct 14

Launch Of New Look SEARCH Journal In Belfast

L–R: Revd Rob Clements, Canon Ginnie Kennerley, Bishop Harold Miller and Revd Barry Forde

The new look SEARCH Journal and redesigned website had their Belfast launch in The Hub at Queen’s on Monday 27 October.

The redesigned journal, published by APCK, features a mix of church and faith–related articles, aiming to stimulate discussion and fresh thinking in the Church of Ireland and beyond. But the articles are shorter, more varied, and easier on the eye.

The website features added information, easier payment methods and Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Launching the new suite of resources, The Bishop of Down and Dromore, the Rt Revd Harold Miller said that he greatly valued SEARCH. He praised the journal for the variety of its contributors and contributions, the wide range of book reviews, its topicality, “and the platform it gives to Irish people and especially those in the Church of Ireland, to write independently and in some depth”.

Chairman of SEARCH’s editorial committee, Canon John Bartlett, thanked the Church of Ireland and Methodist Chaplain at Queen’s, Revd Barry Forde for hosting the event and Bishop Harold for his remarks.

He drew attention to the SEARCH strapline, ‘Thinking and believing today,’ and said how important it was to give a platform to allow people to express aloud their thinking about belief. Professor Bartlett also thanked the editor, Canon Ginnie Kennerley, “without whom,” he said, “SEARCH would not exist.”

Canon Kennerley reminded the gathering that SEARCH is for the whole Church of Ireland and to secure the best of northern content and interests, Revd Rob Clements has just joined the editorial committee as northern coordinator.

Highlighting the journal’s engagement with new media, Mr Clements said that “SEARCH doesn’t want to be a dusty journal that’s lost on the shelf but something that we can dialogue with and engage with. I know that as we go forward we want to do things that are new and different and I’m excited to be a part of that.”