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Archbishop Eames to commission Church of Ireland's Hard Gospel Team
The Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Dr Robin Eames, will commission the Church of Ireland's Hard Gospel Project team at a special service in St John's Parish Church, Newcastle at 10am on Monday 27 February 2006.
The Revd Earl Storey will be commissioned as Director of the Hard Gospel Project and Philip McKinley and Stephen Dallas as Project Officers.
Dr Eames, who is President of the Hard Gospel Project, said "The Hard Gospel Project is one of the most important ventures that the Church of Ireland has embarked upon in my years as Primate. It represents a realistic approach to the Church's understanding and confrontation of sectarianism and difference at every level."
Revd Storey, Director of the Hard Gospel Project, said, "The team and I are very pleased to be commissioned by the Archbishop at this special service. We recognise it is an acknowledgement of the Church's ownership of and commitment to the Hard Gospel Project. We see it as marking a launch of the work we're setting out to do over the next three years."
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Revd Earl Storey, Director of the Hard Gospel Project
Mr Stephen Dallas, Project Officer for Northern Ireland
Mr Philip McKinley, Project Officer for the Republic of Ireland
Notes:
The Hard Gospel Project is a major Church of Ireland initiative that seeks to transform the Church’s capacity to deal positively with sectarianism, community conflict and difference.
Over a period of three years the team hopes to build structures contributing to healing divisions and building more open and inclusive communities both within the Church of Ireland and society at large.
The team is responsible to the Hard Gospel Committee which is chaired by the Archdeacon of Dalriade, the Ven. Patrick Rooke.