The Transferor Representatives’ Council has welcomed the publication today of the report of the Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland.

Rev Leah McKibben (Omagh and Fintona circuit) has received the ‘John Hull Dissertation Prize’ for 2023 from Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham.

Members of the Church Leaders’ Group (Ireland) warmly welcomed the cessation of armed conflict in Gaza and Israel, notwithstanding its temporary nature.

The Methodist Church in Ireland is appalled by the acts of violence on the streets of Dublin on Thursday.

The President of the Methodist Church in Ireland Rev. David Turtle expressed his sadness upon hearing of the death of Bishop Anthony Farquhar.

The President joined a team on the streets of Belfast on Thursday morning learning more of the work of the Belfast City Centre Chaplaincy.

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.