Members of the Church of Ireland have been encouraged to pray for and with the Church’s many mission partners. Proposing the Report of the Council for Mission at General Synod today (Friday May 9), the Revd Jonathan McFarland (Derry & Raphoe) said that prayer has always preceded revival.
The work of the Commission on Ministry was highlighted at General Synod this afternoon (Friday May 9).
Bishop Denis Nulty of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin brought greetings from the Catholic Church to General Synod this afternoon (Friday May 9).
The redevelopment of the ‘Follow Me’ Religious Education programme for Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist primary schools in the Republic of Ireland was showcased at General Synod meeting in Naas this afternoon (Friday May 9).
The Liturgical Advisory Committee launched new resources aimed at helping children to become more rooted in the life of their local church at General Synod today (Friday May 9).
The Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue is “a vine with many branches reaching out to be with, engage, promote, support, maintain, encourage and build up unity within the wider body of the Church”. So said the proposer of the Commission’s report, Canon Stephen Fielding, to General Synod today (Friday May 9).
The Church of Ireland has been asked to explore the possibility of allowing its clergy to solemnise marriages in secular venues.
Members of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland today (Friday May 9) have passed a motion to explore the use of electronic voting at their meetings
A Bill which, if enacted, will see two separate forms of declaration for members seeking to be registered on the register of vestry members of a parish replaced with a single form was presented at General Synod in Naas today (Friday May 9).
A Bill which proposes an increase in the number of members co–opted onto the Representative Church Body, from 11 to 18 passed its initial stages at General Synod today (Friday May 9).