A group of Church Leaders from Ireland participated in a special ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Island of Ireland Peace Park, in the village of Messines on Sunday afternoon (12th November).

The Methodist Church in Ireland reiterates our fundamental disgust at racism in the light of recent events.

The President, Lay Leader and the General Secretary paid an official visit to Belfast City Hall on Wednesday 8th November to meet with Cllr Ryan Murphy Lord Mayor of Belfast.

The Church Leaders Group (Ireland) invited the leaders of Northern Ireland’s five main political parties to a series of separate individual meetings on Friday of last week (3 November) focussing on the restoration of good governance in Northern Ireland.

The Methodist Church in Ireland warmly welcomes the appointment of Jon Boutcher as the new Chief Constable for the PSNI.

Belfast Central Mission have launched their 2023 Giving Tree Appeal, which in 2022 helped make Christmas happen for over 4000 children in Northern Ireland.

The President calls on all of the Methodist people on our island to join with those around the world who are praying for families who have lost loved ones, or those who have been injured, on both sides of the conflict in Israel-Palestine.

A statement issued on behalf of the Church Leaders’ Group (Ireland)

A statement from the Methodist Church in Ireland

Every child has the right to grow up in a family and a community. That is why we have endorsed the Put Children First: End Orphanage Care campaign’s call for family and community-based care for every child.

In June 2023 the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland introduced legislation regarding the teaching of elements of Relationships and Sexuality Education at post-primary level. Read more here…

In response to the devastating floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, the President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Rev David Turtle has issued the following.

Guests and dignitaries convened on Tuesday 5th September at Millisle’s Copelands residential and dementia care home for its official opening and celebration of its first two years in operation.

Following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday 8th September, the President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Rev David Turtle has issued the following.

The Rev David Turtle, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland and some additional Methodist representatives have attended an event celebrating 100 years of churches working together.

Speaking on behalf of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the President has offered the thoughts and prayers of our Connexion on the anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Evangelical Alliance NI are holding 4 upcoming response events to help us all respond in a positive and helpful way to changes to the law and curriculum for RSE in Northern Ireland.

A Prayer remembering the loss of those who died in the South Tipperary road tragedies.

A statement following the flying of Nazi flags near a mosque in Dunmurry, Belfast.

On Sunday 13th August 2023 at 3.00pm, the community of Omagh stood united in an outpouring of solidarity. Rev Eleanor Hayden of Omagh Methodist Church shares her account of the Service of Remembrance.